'Conjunction' definitions:
Definition of 'conjunction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]
noun
noun
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative]
noun
The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
noun
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: conjunction, alignment]
noun
Something that joins or connects [syn: junction, conjunction]
Definition of 'Conjunction'
From: GCIDE
- 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 heaven upon his fair conjunction. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. [1913 Webster]
- Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. --Harris. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conjunction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutment,
- abuttal,
- accompaniment,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjacency,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adjoiningness,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- agglutination,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- apposition,
- appulse,
- articulation,
- assimilation,
- association,
- attributive,
- blend,
- blending,
- bond,
- bracketing,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- clustering,
- co-working,
- coaction,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- coincidence,
- collaboration,
- collectivity,
- collusion,
- combination,
- combine,
- combined effort,
- combo,
- communication,
- composition,
- concatenation,
- concert,
- concerted action,
- concomitance,
- concordance,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confluence,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunctive adverb,
- connection,
- consilience,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- conterminousness,
- contiguity,
- convergence,
- cooperation,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulation,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- correspondence,
- coterminousness,
- coupling,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- exclamatory noun,
- federalization,
- federation,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- fusion,
- gathering,
- gerundive,
- hookup,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interjection,
- interlinking,
- joinder,
- joining,
- jointure,
- junction,
- junta,
- juxtaposition,
- knotting,
- league,
- liaison,
- linkage,
- linking,
- marriage,
- meeting,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- merging,
- package,
- package deal,
- pairing,
- parasitism,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- partnership,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- perigee,
- perihelion,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- saprophytism,
- simultaneity,
- solidification,
- splice,
- subordinating conjunction,
- symbiosis,
- synchronism,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synergy,
- synthesis,
- syzygy,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- unification,
- union,
- united action,
- verbal adjective,
- wedding,
- yoking
Words containing 'Conjunction'
- Conjunct,
- Conjunctional,
- Conjunctive,
- Conjunctively,
- Conjunctiveness,
- Conjunctivitis,
- Conjunctly,
- Conjunctive mood,
- Conjunctive tissue,
- Coordinate conjunctions,
- Disjunctive conjunction,
- Superior conjunction,
- adversative conjunction,
- conjunctive symbiosis,
- conjunctivitis arida,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative conjunction,
- inferior conjunction,
- subordinate conjunction,
- subordinating conjunction