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syndetic

[ sin-det-ik ]
/ sɪnˈdɛt ɪk /
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adjective

serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
Grammar.
  1. conjunctive(def 3c).
  2. connected by a conjunction.

RELATED WORDS

intimate, interrelated, anastomotic

Nearby words

  1. syndesmophyte,
  2. syndesmoplasty,
  3. syndesmorrhaphy,
  4. syndesmosis,
  5. syndesmotomy,
  6. syndeton,
  7. syndic,
  8. syndical,
  9. syndicalism,
  10. syndicate
Sometimes syn·det·i·cal.

Origin of syndetic

1615–25; < Greek syndetikós, equivalent to sýndet(os) bound together (syn- syn- + de- (see syndesis) + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic
Related formssyn·det·i·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for syndetic

syndetic

/ (sɪnˈdɛtɪk) /

adjective

denoting a grammatical construction in which two clauses are connected by a conjunctionCompare asyndetic (def. 2)
Derived Formssyndetically, adverb

Word Origin for syndetic

C17: from Greek sundetikos, from sundetos bound together; see syndesis
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