conjunct
Americanadjective
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bound in close association; conjoined; combined; united.
conjunct ideas;
conjunct influences.
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formed by conjunction.
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Grammar.
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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.
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(of a pronoun) having enclitic or proclitic form and occurring with a verb, as French me, le, se.
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pertaining to a word so characterized.
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Music. progressing melodically by intervals of a second.
conjunct motion of an ascending scale.
noun
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Logic. either of the propositions in a conjunction.
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Grammar. a conjunctive adverb.
adjective
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joined; united
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music relating to or denoting two adjacent degrees of a scale
noun
Other Word Forms
- conjunctly adverb
Etymology
Origin of conjunct
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”
Example Sentences
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In one of her videos, she points out that this year’s Lunar New Year also falls on a solar eclipse day, with Saturn and Neptune conjunct in Aries a few days later.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Seeing Pluto conjunct her moon in her chart gave me a deeper understanding of the circumstances of her death.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
They conjunct on Jan. 22, very low in the western sky just after sunset.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
Mars and Saturn conjunct Monday when they will be 1.3 degrees apart, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2018
Many melodies are an interesting, fairly balanced mixture of conjunct and disjunct motion.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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