conjunct

[ adjective kuhn-juhngkt, kon-juhngkt; noun kon-juhngkt ]

adjective

1. bound in close association; conjoined; combined; united:

   conjunct ideas;

   conjunct influences.

2. formed by conjunction.
3. Grammar.
   1. occurring only in combination with an immediately preceding or following form of a particular class, and constituting with this form a single phonetic unit, as 'll in English he'll, and n't in isn't.
   2. (of a pronoun) having enclitic or proclitic form and occurring with a verb, as French me, le, se.
   3. pertaining to a word so characterized.
4. Music. progressing melodically by intervals of a second:

   conjunct motion of an ascending scale.

noun

1. Logic. either of the propositions in a conjunction.
2. Grammar. a conjunctive adverb.

conjunct

/ kənˈdʒʌŋkt; ˈkɒndʒʌŋkt /

adjective

1. joined; united
2. music relating to or denoting two adjacent degrees of a scale

noun

1. logic one of the propositions or formulas in a conjunction

Derived Forms

• conˈjunctly, adverb

Other Words From

• con·junctly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjunct¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (past participle), from Latin conjunctus “joined, connected,” past participle of conjungere “to join together,” equivalent to con- con- + jungere “to join”

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjunct¹

C15: from Latin conjunctus, from conjugere to unite; see conjoin

Example Sentences

Venus conjunct ruler Mercury suggests your need for sounding boards, if not collaborators.

From The Daily Beast

Ruler Saturn is conjunct the Sun opposing the Full Moon, amped by Jupiter.

From The Daily Beast

The Sun-Mercury conjunct insists you voice this fact instead of laying blame for lacking backing, then harboring resentment.

From The Daily Beast

Saturn conjunct Venus combines the discipline of the former with the pleasure principle of the latter.

From The Daily Beast

A Venus-Saturn conjunct suggests a happy reunion with family sages or mentors.

From The Daily Beast

The difference is that they are conjunct, whereas in the primitive standard octave (e—e) the tetrachords are disjunct (e-a b-e).

From Project Gutenberg

This must have been true a fortiori of the older seven-stringed scale, in which the Mes united the two conjunct tetrachords.

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Cirripedia sine pedunculo: scuta et terga musculis depressoribus instructa: reliqu test valv inter se immobiliter conjunct.

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Either you mean another instead of this, as a competitor, or, another part conjunct with these parts.

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And as he is the pastor of this people, it is by the conjunct causes of appropriation: which are, 1.

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