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
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- 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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From our earthly perspective, they embrace — or in astronomy parlance, conjunct — on March 2, according to the U.S.
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It becomes quite dramatic in late February, and they conjunct on March 1, according to the observatory.
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They conjunct on Jan. 22, very low in the western sky just after sunset.
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Low in the east-southeast part of the heavens, still before sunrise, the ringed giant Saturn along with the fleet Mercury conjunct March 2, visible along the horizon, according to the U.S.
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The red, dim Mars and effervescent Venus will officially conjunct on the morning of July 13, according to the observatory, but we’ll have to wait until evening to see them again.
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