conjunctive
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conjunctive
- /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/
Rhymes with -ʌŋktɪv
Where it comes from
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
adjective
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Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
Opposite: disjunctive
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Connected: being joined, united, connected.
Similar: conjunct · Opposite: disjunctive, disjunct
- Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
- Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
- Relating to the conjunctive mood.
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Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
Opposite: disjunctive
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Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
Similar: subjunctive
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Of or relating to logical conjunction.
Opposite: disjunctive
- Closely united. She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.
noun conjunctives
- A conjunction.
- The subjunctive.
- A conjunction.
Translations
Every language
adj conjoining
| Español | conjuntivo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 접속적 jeopsokjeok |
| Português | conjuntivo |
| Français | conjonctif |
| Deutsch | verbindend |
| Русский | соедини́тельный sojedinítelʹnyj, присоедини́тельный prisojedinítelʹnyj |
adj grammar: relating to a conjunction
| Español | conjuntivo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 접속적 jeopsokjeok |
| Français | conjonctif |
| Русский | соедини́тельный sojedinítelʹnyj |
adj grammar: subjunctive
| Português | conjuntivo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | konjunktiv |
| Italiano | congiuntivo |
| Русский | сослага́тельный soslagátelʹnyj |
adj logic: of or relating to logical conjunction
| Deutsch | konjunktiv |
|---|---|
| Română | conjunctiv |
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title = {conjunctive},
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