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1. (n.) conjunction
a member of a small class of words functioning as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, and unless.
2. conjunction
the act of conjoining; combination.
3. conjunction
the state of being conjoined; union; association:
The police worked in conjunction with the army.
4. conjunction
a combination of events or circumstances.
5. conjunction
Logic.
6. conjunction
a compound proposition that is true only if all of its component propositions are true.
7. conjunction
the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude.
8. conjunction
such a coincidence regarded astrologically as a fusion of planetary influences.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L)
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| Definition of 'conjunction' |
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1. (noun) concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
"the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
2. (noun) junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation
the state of being joined together
3. (noun) conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
4. (noun) conjunction
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
5. (noun) conjunction, alignment
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
6. (noun) junction, conjunction
something that joins or connects
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1. (noun) conjunction
a word that joins words or parts of sentences, such as "and" or "because"
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1. (noun) conjunction
the act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
2. (noun) conjunction
the meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6
3. (noun) conjunction
a connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if
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Sense: a word that connects sentences, clauses or words
John sang; I'll do it
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 Afrikaans: voegwoord |
 Arabic: كَلِمَة رَبْط / عَطْف |
 Bulgarian: грам. съюз |
 Brazilian: conjunção |
 Czech: spojka |
 German: die Konjunktion |
 Danish: bindeord; konjunktion |
 Greek: σύνδεσμος (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: conjunción |
 Estonian: sidesõna |
 Farsi: حرف ربط |
 Finnish: konjunktio |
 French: conjonction |
 Hebrew: מִילָת חִיבּוּר |
 Hindi: संयोग, मेल |
 Croatian: spoj, stjecaj, veznik |
 Hungarian: kötőszó |
 Indonesian: konjungsi |
 Icelandic: samtenging |
 Italian: congiunzione |
 Japanese: 接続詞 |
 Korean: 접속사 |
 Lithuanian: jungtukas |
 Latvian: saiklis |
 Malay: kata penghubung |
 Dutch: voegwoord |
 Norwegian: bindeord, konjunksjon |
 Polish: spójnik |
 Persian: حرف ربط |
 Pashto: يووالى، تصادف، يو ځاى كېد |
 Portuguese: conjunção |
 Romanian: conjuncţie |
 Russian: союз |
 Slovak: spojka |
 Slovenian: veznik |
 Serbian: veznik |
 Swedish: konjunktion |
 Thai: คำสันธาน |
 Turkish: bağlaç |
 Taiwanese: 連接詞 |
 Ukrainian: сполучник |
 Urdu: حرف عطف |
 Vietnamese: liên từ |
 Chinese: 连接词 |
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