English Explanatory Dictionary

connective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
noun
  1. That which connects.
  2. A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
  3. A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
  4. The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
  5. A connective tissue.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnɛktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-connective.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-connective.wav

Word forms

connective connectives

Etymology

For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

Synonyms

syndetic connexive connective

Derived words

connective tissue connectivism connectivist connectivity fibroconnective hyperconnective hypoconnective interconnective logical connective nonconnective sentence connective teleconnective connectively connectiveness sentential connective
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