conjunction
noun
SYNONYMS FOR conjunction
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Origin of conjunction
OTHER WORDS FROM conjunction
con·junc·tion·al, adjectivecon·junc·tion·al·ly, adverbnon·con·junc·tion, nounWords nearby conjunction
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British Dictionary definitions for conjunction
noun
- the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere
- Also called: solar conjunction the position of a planet or the moon when it is in line with the sun as seen from the earth. The inner planets are in inferior conjunction when the planet is between the earth and the sun and in superior conjunction when the sun lies between the earth and the planetCompare opposition (def. 8a)
- the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and
- a sentence so formed. Usually written p&q, p∧q, or p.q., where p,q are the component sentences, it is true only when both these are true
- the relation between such sentences
Derived forms of conjunction
conjunctional, adjectiveconjunctionally, adverbScientific definitions for conjunction
Cultural definitions for conjunction
A word that joins words or groups of words. There are three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, not, yet, for, and so. Correlative conjunctions include the words in the pairs either/or, both/and, and neither/nor. Subordinating conjunctions begin subordinate clauses (see subordination) and join them to the rest of the sentence: “She didn't learn the real reason until she left the valley.”