conjunction — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   connectionunion

   Examples

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

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   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.

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.)

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   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.

3. Cooccurrence; coincidence.

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   […] 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.

4. The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Antonyms

   opposition

   Narrower terms

   grand conjunctiongreat conjunctioninferior conjunctionsuperior conjunctiontopocentric conjunction

   Examples

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

5. An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.

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6. The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator.

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   However, sequence 1 dominates sequence 2, because sequence 1 is strictly included in 2. 2 is 1 preceded by a G; that is, 2 is the conjunction of an initial G with 1.

7. A place where multiple things meet.

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   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

8. Sexual intercourse.

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   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

Noun

1. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

   Synonyms

   concurrencecoincidenceco-occurrence

   Broader terms

   simultaneitysimultaneousness

   Examples

   the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

2. the state of being joined together

   Synonyms

   junctionconjugationcolligation

   Broader terms

   unionunification

3. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

   Synonyms

   conjunctiveconnectivecontinuative

   Broader terms

   function wordclosed-class word

4. the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

   Broader terms

   grammatical relation

5. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

   Synonyms

   alignment

   Broader terms

   meetingencounter

6. something that joins or connects

   Synonyms

   junction

   Broader terms

   connectionconnexionconnectorconnecterconnective