What does "conjunction" mean?
The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
Conjunction
/kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
- Grammar: conjunction is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: abutment, abuttal, accompaniment, accordance.
- Useful contrasts: adverbs, antitheses, browser.
- Usage evidence: A more plausible proposal is the one Leech presented in conjunction with Emmet's theory.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of joining, or condition of being joined. countable, uncountable
"[…] Dr. Minchin in return was quite sure that man was not a mere machine or a fortuitous conjunction of atoms; […]"
- 2 something that joins or connects wordnet
- 3 A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.) countable, uncountable
"A comma is placed between short members of compound sentences, connected by and, but, for, nor, or, because, whereas, that expressing purpose (so that, in order that), and other conjunctions."
- 4 the temporal property of two things happening at the same time wordnet
- 5 Cooccurrence; coincidence. countable, uncountable
"[…] the coexistence of one such phenomenon with another; or the succession of one such phenomenon to another: their conjunction, in short, so that where the one is found, we may calculate on finding both."
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- 6 an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences wordnet
- 7 The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth. countable, uncountable
"The spectacular conjunction of Venus and Mars gave rise to a myriad of mythical interpretations."
- 8 (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac wordnet
- 9 An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another. countable, uncountable
- 10 the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction wordnet
- 11 The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator. countable, uncountable
- 12 the state of being joined together wordnet
- 13 A place where multiple things meet. countable, uncountable
"Today there is a mountain called Ararat near the conjunction of the Turkish, Armenian, and Iranian borders."
- 14 Sexual intercourse. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe."
Antonyms
Example
"A more plausible proposal is the one Leech presented in conjunction with Emmet's theory."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "conjunction"?
Common synonyms include: abutment, abuttal, accompaniment, accordance, addition, adjacency.
How do you use "conjunction" in a sentence?
A more plausible proposal is the one Leech presented in conjunction with Emmet's theory.
How do you pronounce "conjunction"?
Pronounced /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/.
Etymology
From Old French conjonction, from Latin coniūnctiō (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).