Conjunction

Definitions

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

Equivalents

52 more languages

العربيةاجتماعالإرتباطحرف عطفعاطفقران+ 2 more

Azərbaycan dilibağlayıcı

Беларускаязлучнік

Българскисъюз

Bosanskisvezaveznikвезниксвеза+ 1 more

Catalàconjunció

Češtinakonjunkcesouběhspojka

Cymraegcysylltaircysylltiad

Danskbindeordkonjunktion

Ελληνικάσύζευξησύνδεσμοςσύνοδος

Esperantokonjunkcio

Eestisidesõna

Suomikonjunktiosidesanayhtymä

Gaeilgecónasc

Gàidhlignaisgear

Galegoconxunción

हिन्दीसमुच्चयसमुच्चयबोधकसंयोजक

Hrvatskisvezaveznikвезниксвеза+ 1 more

Magyarkötőszó

Հայերենշաղկապ

Bahasa Indonesiakata hubungkata penghubungkonjungsi

Íslenskasamtenging

Italianocongiunzione

日本語会合合接続詞連接+ 1 more

ქართულიკავშირი

ភាសាខ្មែរឈ្នាប់

한국어접속사

Kurdîkonjunktûr

Latinaadiunctiocompetentiaconcursusconiunctioconiunctusconjunctiosyzygia+ 4 more

Latviešukonjunkcijasaiklis

Македонскиконјункцијасврзник

മലയാളംഘടകം

Монголхолбоос үг

Bahasa Melayuijtimakkata hubungkata penghubung

Maltikonġunzjoni

မြန်မာသမ္ဗန္ဓ

Nederlandsconjunctievoegwoord

Polskikoniunkcjapołączeniespójnikzłączenie+ 1 more

Portuguêsconjunção

Românăconjuncție

Русскийконъюнкциясоюз

Slovenčinaspojka

Slovenščinaveznik

Српскиsvezaveznikвезниксвеза+ 1 more

Svenskabindeordkonjunktion

Kiswahilikiunganishi

ไทยสันธาน

Tagalogpangatnig

Türkçebağlaçiçtimakavuşumrabıt+ 1 more

Українськасполучник

اردوحرف ربطحرف عطف

Tiếng Việtkết từliên từ

Examples

“[…] Dr. Minchin in return⟳ was quite sure that man was not a mere machine or a fortuitous conjunction of atoms; […]”

“About them all there is that sort⟳ of stiff quaint unreality, that conjunction of the grotesque, and even of a certain bourgeois snugness, with passionate contortion and horror, that is so characteristic of Gothic art.”

“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.”

“[…] 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.”

“The spectacular conjunction of Venus and Mars gave rise⟳ to a myriad of mythical interpretations.”

“Today there is a mountain called Ararat near the conjunction of the Turkish, Armenian, and Iranian borders.”

“Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.”

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