English Explanatory Dictionary

conjunction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
  2. 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.)
  3. Cooccurrence; coincidence.
  4. The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
  5. An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
  6. The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator.
  7. A place where multiple things meet.
  8. Sexual intercourse.

Pronunciation

/kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/ en-us-conjunction.ogg

Word forms

conjunction conjunctions

Etymology

From Old French conjonction, from Latin coniūnctiō (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).

Synonyms

connection union aphrodisia carnal knowledge coitus coition commerce commixtion congress conjunction consummation conversation copulation coupling intercourse intimacy intimate relations intromission joining lovemaking lustmaking mating mounting pareunia penetration relations sex sexual congress sexual intercourse sexual relation sexual union swiving the beast with two backs the birds and the bees boom-boom chesterfield rugby horizontal dancing horizontal hula horizontal jogging horizontal mambo horizontal refreshments horizontal slam dance how's your father love Netflix and chill physical love roll in the hay Ugandan affairs Ugandan discussions action ass bang barney-mugging beef injection bonking cuntfuck fucking frig fucky-fucky hot beef injection

Antonyms

opposition

Related words

conjugate conjunctive → conjunctive normal form disjunction

Derived words

comparing conjunction conjunctional conjunction fallacy conjunctionless contrasting conjunction coordinating conjunction in conjunction with misconjunction subordinating conjunction

Translations

Albanian: lidhje Bulgarian: съедине́ние Bulgarian: свъ́рзване Catalan: conjunció Chinese Cantonese: 結合 /结合 Chinese Cantonese: 連接 /连接 Chinese Mandarin: 結合 /结合 Chinese Mandarin: 連接 /连接 Finnish: liittäminen Finnish: yhdistäminen Galician: conxunción German: Zusammenhang Greek: σύνδεση Greek: σύζευξη Hungarian: egyesülés Hungarian: egyesítés Hungarian: összevonás Hungarian: összekapcsolás Hungarian: összekapcsolódás Hungarian: kapcsolódás Hungarian: kapcsolat Interlingua: conjunction Japanese: 結合 Japanese: 接合 Japanese: 接続 Japanese: 連接 Korean: 결합 Korean: 연접 Macedonian: спој Macedonian: врска Malay: penggabungan Maltese: konġunzjoni Norwegian Bokmål: sammensetning Polish: łączenie Polish: połączenie Portuguese: conjunção Romanian: unire Romanian: legare Romanian: conjuncție Russian: сою́з Russian: связь Spanish: conjunción Ottoman Turkish: ربط
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