Conjunctive


[kuh n-juhngk-tiv] /kənˈdʒʌŋk tɪv/

adjective
1.
serving to connect; connective:
conjunctive tissue.
2.
conjoined; joint:
a conjunctive action.
3.
Grammar.

4.
Logic. characterizing propositions that are conjunctions.
noun
5.
Grammar. a conjunctive word; a .
/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
5.
a less common word for conjunction (sense 3)
adj.

late 15c., from Latin coniunctivus “serving to connect,” from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere (see conjoin). Grammatical sense is from 1660s.

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