conjunctive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/
Etymology
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
- (not-comparable) Connected: being joined, united, connected.
- (not-comparable) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
- (not-comparable) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
- (not-comparable) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
- (not-comparable) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
- (not-comparable, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Closely united.
She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], line 15:
Antonyms
disjunctive · disjunctive · disjunct · disjunctive · disjunctive
Deriveds
conjunctive archaeology · conjunctive membrane · unconjunctive · conjunctive illocutionary act · conjunctivism · conjunctive use · conjunctive mode · conjunctive tissue · conjunctive grammar · conjunctive operation · conjunctivist · conjunctive mood · conjunctive participle · conjunctive conjunction · nonconjunctive · conjunctiveness · conjunctive symbiosis · conjunctive management · subconjunctively · conjunctively · conjunctive approach · conjunctive adjunct · canonical conjunctive normal form · conjunctive normal form · conjunctive verb · non-conjunctive · conjunctivity · conjunctive eye movement · conjunctive tunic · conjunctive error · conjunctive adverb
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Translations (28)
ru соедини́тельный (grammar: relating to a conjunction) · de konjunktiv (grammar: subjunctive) · pt conjuntivo (grammar: subjunctive) · pl łączący (grammar: subjunctive) · pl koniunkcyjny (logic: of or relating to logical conjunction) · fr conjonctif (grammar: relating to a conjunction) · ko 접속적 (conjoining) · fi konjunktiivinen (grammar: subjunctive) · fi konjunktiivinen (logic: of or relating to logical conjunction) · ko 접속적 (grammar: relating to a conjunction) · bg свързващ (conjoining) · bg съединителен (conjoining) · fr conjonctif (conjoining) · pt conjuntivo (conjoining) · fi konjunktiivinen (grammar: relating to a conjunction) · de verbindend (conjoining) · pl łączący (conjoining) · ru присоедини́тельный (conjoining) · ru соедини́тельный (conjoining) · ro conjunctiv (logic: of or relating to logical conjunction) · pl spójnikowy (grammar: relating to a conjunction) · fi konjunktiivinen (conjoining) · de konjunktiv (logic: of or relating to logical conjunction) · ca conjuntiu (conjoining) · es conjuntivo (grammar: relating to a conjunction) · es conjuntivo (conjoining) · ru сослага́тельный (grammar: subjunctive) · it congiuntivo (grammar: subjunctive)