conjunction

conjunction
a) The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

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

b) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
See Also: conjugate

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  • Conjunction — Con*junc tion, n. [L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. See {Conjoin}.] 1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league. [1913 Webster] He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Conjunction — can refer to: Conjunction (astronomy and astrology), an astronomical phenomenon Astrological aspect, an aspect in horoscopic astrology Conjunction (grammar), a part of speech Conjunctive mood (grammar), same as subjunctive mood Logical… …   Wikipedia

  • conjunction — ► NOUN 1) a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, if). 2) an instance of two or more events occurring at the same point in time or space. 3) Astronomy & Astrology an alignment of two… …   English terms dictionary

  • conjunction — [kən juŋk′shən] n. [ME conjunccion < OFr conjunction < L conjunctio < pp. of conjungere: see CONJOIN] 1. a joining together or being joined together; union; association; combination 2. an occurring together; coincidence [the conjunction… …   English World dictionary

  • conjunction — A conjunction is a word such as and, because, but, for, if, or, and when which is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. Coordinating conjunctions join like with like: The room is large and bright / She would have to go back and… …   Modern English usage

  • Conjunction — (v. lat.), 1) Verbindung; 2) (Bindewort, Gramm.), inflexibiler Redetheil, welcher Verhältnisse bezeichnet, in welchen Sätze einer Rede zu einander stehen. Sie werden in Rücksicht auf diese Verhältnisse eingetheilt in a) beiordnende, u. diese sind …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Conjunction [1] — Conjunction, Verbindung; in der Grammatik die Bindewörter, weil sie 2 Begriffe oder Sätze mit einander verbinden. Man unterscheidet verknüpfende, trennende, entgegensetzende, schliessende, begründende, folgernde, bedingende und einräumende.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Conjunction [2] — Conjunction oder Zusammenkunft nennt die Astronomie eine der 5 Hauptstellungen der Planeten, der Sonne u. des Mondes gegen einander (s. Aspecten). Zwei Gestirne sind in C., wenn beide gleiche Länge haben, so Mond u. Sonne zur Zeit des Neumonds.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • conjunction — I noun adjacency, agreement, alliance, association, compliance, concatenation, concert, concomitance, concord, concurrence, concurrent opinion, conformity, conjoining, connection, cooperation, harmony, joint effort, junction, network, union,… …   Law dictionary

  • conjunction — late 14c., originally of planets, from O.Fr. conjonction union, joining, sexual intercourse (12c.), from L. conjunctionem (nom. conjunctio), from pp. stem of conjugare join together (see CONJUGAL (Cf. conjugal)). Cf. It. congiunzione, Sp.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • conjunction — [n] combination affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concomitance, concurrence, congruency, conjointment, hookup*, juxtaposition, parallelism, partnership, tie up*, union; concepts 388,714 Ant. detachment,… …   New thesaurus

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