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View synonyms for conjunctive

conjunctive

[ kuhn-juhngk-tiv ]

adjective

  1. serving to connect; connective:

    conjunctive tissue.

  2. conjoined; joint:

    a conjunctive action.

  3. Grammar.
    1. (of a mode) subjunctive.
    2. (of a pronoun) conjunct.
    3. of the nature of a conjunction.
    4. (of an adverb) serving to connect two clauses or sentences, as however or furthermore.
  4. Logic. characterizing propositions that are conjunctions.


noun

  1. Grammar. a conjunctive word; a conjunction.

conjunctive

/ kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv /

adjective

  1. joining; connective
  2. joined
  3. of or relating to conjunctions or their use
  4. logic relating to, characterized by, or containing a conjunction


noun

  1. a less common word for conjunction

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Derived Forms

  • conˈjunctively, adverb

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Other Words From

  • con·junctive·ly adverb
  • noncon·junctive adjective
  • noncon·junctive·ly adverb
  • subcon·junctive adjective
  • subcon·junctive·ly adverb
  • uncon·junctive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conjunctive1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English conjunctif, from Late Latin conjunctīvus; equivalent to conjunct + -ive

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conjunctive1

C15: from Late Latin conjunctīvus, from Latin conjungere to conjoin

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Example Sentences

The conjunctive principle lies concealed in every part of the male, and in every part of the female, 37, 46.

Marriages interiorly conjunctive can hardly be entered into in the world, the reason why, 320, 49.

The sign of the conditional is ḥe or ḥ; that of the conjunctive ḷe or ḷ.

Was is defective, except in the prterite tense, where it is found both in the indicative and conjunctive.

Such, however, is not the case: byst in Anglo-Saxon is indicative, the conjunctive form being be.

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