English Explanatory Dictionary

conjunctive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
  2. Connected: being joined, united, connected.
  3. Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
  4. Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
  5. Relating to the conjunctive mood.
  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
  7. Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
  8. Of or relating to logical conjunction.
  9. Closely united.
noun
  1. A conjunction.
  2. The subjunctive.

Pronunciation

/kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conjunctive.wav

Word forms

conjunctive conjunctives

Etymology

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

Synonyms

conjunct subjunctive

Antonyms

disjunctive disjunct

Related words

conjunct conjunction conjunctional conjunctiva

Derived words

canonical conjunctive normal form conjunctive adjunct conjunctive adverb conjunctive approach conjunctive archaeology conjunctive conjunction conjunctive error conjunctive eye movement conjunctive grammar conjunctive illocutionary act conjunctively conjunctive management conjunctive membrane conjunctive mode conjunctive mood conjunctiveness conjunctive normal form conjunctive operation conjunctive participle conjunctive symbiosis conjunctive tissue conjunctive tunic conjunctive use conjunctive verb conjunctivism conjunctivist conjunctivity non-conjunctive nonconjunctive subconjunctively unconjunctive

Translations

Bulgarian: свързващ Bulgarian: съединителен Catalan: conjuntiu Finnish: konjunktiivinen French: conjonctif German: verbindend Korean: 접속적 Portuguese: conjuntivo Russian: соедини́тельный Russian: присоедини́тельный Spanish: conjuntivo
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