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Conjunctive
//kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Connective: tending to join, unite, connect. not-comparable
- 2 Connected: being joined, united, connected. not-comparable
- 3 Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude). not-comparable
- 4 Relating to a conjunction (part of speech). not-comparable
- 5 Relating to the conjunctive mood. not-comparable
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- 6 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 not-comparable
- 7 Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. not-comparable
- 8 Of or relating to logical conjunction. not-comparable
- 9 Closely united. not-comparable, obsolete
"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."
Adjective
- 1 serving or tending to connect wordnet
- 2 involving the joint activity of two or more wordnet
Noun
- 1 A conjunction.
- 2 an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences wordnet
- 3 The subjunctive.
- 4 A conjunction.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
Etymology 2
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
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