Conjunct

//ˈkɑn.dʒʌŋkt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Either term of a conjunction.
  2. 2
    Either term of a conjunctive conjunction. rare

    "In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector)."

  3. 3
    An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Conjoined. not-comparable

    "Set A is conjunct with set B."

  2. 2
    Acting together; collaborative. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    progressing melodically by intervals of a second wordnet
  2. 2
    involving the joint activity of two or more wordnet
  3. 3
    bound in close association wordnet

Synonyms

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coincidentcommoncommotioncompactcomprehensiveconcerted

Example

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"In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector)."

Etymology

From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.

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