conjunction
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conjunction
Conjunctions are used to express relationships between things in a sentence, link different clauses together, and to combine sentences.
There are four main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs.
con·junc·tion
(kən-jŭngk′shən)n.
1.
a. The act of joining.
b. The state of being joined.
2. A joint or simultaneous occurrence; concurrence: the conjunction of historical and economic forces that created a depression.
3. One resulting from or embodying a union; a combination: "He is, in fact, a remarkable conjunction of talents" (Jerry Adler).
4. Abbr. conj. Grammar
a. The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
b. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as and, but, as, and because.
5. Astronomy The position of two celestial objects when they have the same celestial longitude. As viewed from Earth, two objects in conjunction will appear to be close to each other in the sky.
6. Logic
a. A compound proposition that has components joined by the word and or its symbol and is true only if both or all the components are true.
b. The relationship between the components of a conjunction.
[Middle English conjunccioun, from Old French conjunction, conjuncion, from Latin coniūnctiō, coniūnctiōn-, a joining, conjunction (in grammatical sense, translation of Greek sundesmos, binding together, conjunction), from coniūnctus, past participle of coniungere, to join; see conjoin.]
con·junc′tion·al adj.
con·junc′tion·al·ly adv.
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conjunction
(kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən)n
1. the act of joining together; combination; union
2. simultaneous occurrence of events; coincidence
3. (Grammar) any word or group of words, other than a relative pronoun, that connects words, phrases, or clauses; for example and and while. Abbreviation: conj See also coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction
4. (Astronomy) astronomy
a. the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere
b. 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 planet. Compare opposition8a
5. (Astrology) astrology an exact aspect of 0° between two planets, etc, an orb of 8° being allowed. See opposition9, square10
6. (Logic) logic
a. the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and
b. 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
c. the relation between such sentences
conˈjunctional adj
conˈjunctionally adv
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con•junc•tion
(kənˈdʒʌŋk ʃən)n.
1. a member of a small class of words functioning as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, and unless. Abbr.: conj.
2. the act of conjoining; combination.
3. the state of being conjoined; union; association: The police worked in conjunction with the army.
4. a combination of events or circumstances.
5. Logic. a compound proposition that is true only if all of its component propositions are true.
6.
a. the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude.
b. such a coincidence regarded astrologically as a fusion of planetary influences.
[1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin]
con•junc′tion•al, adj.
con•junc′tion•al•ly, adv.
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Conjunction
a combination of events or circumstances.Examples: conjunction of alleys, courts, and passages, 1722; of circumstances, 1866; of events, 1862; of grammarians—Lipton, 1970; of planets, 1375; of all good things. 1644.
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conjunction
A word used to connect other words, phrases, or sentences, for example, “but.”
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Noun | 1. | conjunction - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" simultaneity, simultaneousness - happening or existing or done at the same time concomitance - occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another overlap - the property of partial coincidence in time contemporaneity, contemporaneousness - the quality of belonging to the same period of time unison - occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison" |
2. | conjunction - the state of being joined together anastomosis, inosculation - a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous synapse - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union" | |
3. | conjunction - an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences closed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning coordinating conjunction - a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction - a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause | |
4. | conjunction - the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar coordinating conjunction - the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status subordinating conjunction - the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another copulative conjunction - the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings disjunctive conjunction - the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings adversative conjunction - the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings | |
5. | conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole encounter, meeting - a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" inferior conjunction - (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun superior conjunction - (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun | |
6. | conjunction - something that joins or connects connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" tangency, contact - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together barrier strip, junction barrier - a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs splice, splicing - a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice" thermojunction - a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears |
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conjunction
noun combination, union, joining, association, coincidence, juxtaposition, concurrence This is due to a conjunction of religious and social factors.
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conjunction
nounThe state of being associated:
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Translations
اِرْتِباطكَلِمَة رَبْط
conjunció
spojkakonjunkce
bindeordkonjunktionsammentræf
konjunkcio
konjunktiosidesanayhdistäminen
stjecajveznik
kötõszó
kata penghubung
samtenging
結合連接会合合接合
접속사
išvienjungtukas
saiklis
połączeniespójnikłączenie
conjuncţie
veznik
föreningkonjunktion
การเกิดขึ้นร่วมกัน
sự kết hợp
conjunction
[kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən] N1. (Ling) → conjunción f
2. in conjunction with → junto con, juntamente con
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conjunction
n
(Gram) → Konjunktion f, → Bindewort nt
(= association) → Verbindung f; (= co-occurrence: of events) → Zusammentreffen nt; in conjunction → zusammen; in conjunction with the new evidence → in Verbindung mit dem neuen Beweismaterial; the programme was broadcast in conjunction with the NBC → die Sendung wurde von NBC übernommen; the programme was produced in conjunction with the NBC → das Programm wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit NBC aufgezeichnet
(Astron) → Konjunktion f
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conjunction
[kənˈdʒʌŋkʃ/ən] na. (Gram) → congiunzione f
b. in conjunction with → in accordo con, insieme con or a
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conjunction
(kənˈdʒaŋkʃən) noun a word that connects sentences, clauses or words. John sang and Mary danced; I'll do it if you want.
in conjunction (with) (acting) together (with).
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conjunction
→ اِرْتِباط spojka sammentræf Verbindung σύνδεση conjunción yhdistäminen conjonction stjecaj congiunzione 結合 접속사 samenhang konjunksjon połączenie conjunção соединение förening การเกิดขึ้นร่วมกัน bağlantı sự kết hợp 同时发生Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009