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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Seeing Pluto conjunct her moon in her chart gave me a deeper understanding of the circumstances of her death.
From Los Angeles Times
From our earthly perspective, they embrace — or in astronomy parlance, conjunct — on March 2, according to the U.S.
From Washington Post
It becomes quite dramatic in late February, and they conjunct on March 1, according to the observatory.
From Washington Post
They conjunct on Jan. 22, very low in the western sky just after sunset.
From Washington Post
A melody that rises and falls slowly, with only small pitch changes between one note and the next, is conjunct.
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