Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

connective

/kəˈnɛktɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: con-nec-tive
IPA: /kəˈnɛktɪv/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

noun

That which connects.

noun

A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.

noun

A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.

noun

The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.

noun

A connective tissue.

Example Sentences

"Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism begin to spread, choking, and strangling the free, personal life of the individual."
"Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation νₛ."

Etymology

For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: connexīvus

Inflected Forms

connectives (plural)

Derived Forms

connectivism connectivist connectivity fibroconnective hyperconnective hypoconnective interconnective nonconnective teleconnective connectively connectiveness

Phrases

connective tissue logical connective sentence connective sentential connective

Synonyms

syndetic connexive connective connection connexion connector connecter conjunction conjunctive continuative

Rhymes With

effective perspective objective collective detective respective protective selective prospective subjective directive ineffective

Questions

How do you pronounce connective?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈnɛktɪv/.
What does connective mean?: Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
Where does connective come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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