conjunction
/kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.93 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.)
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] Dr. Minchin in return was quite sure that man was not a mere machine or a fortuitous conjunction of atoms; […]"
- "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."
- "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."
- "[…] 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."
- "The spectacular conjunction of Venus and Mars gave rise to a myriad of mythical interpretations."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *yewg-, conjonction, coniūnctiō
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
comparing conjunction
conjunction fallacy
contrasting conjunction
coordinating conjunction
in conjunction with
subordinating conjunction
conjunctive → conjunctive normal form