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conjunctive

adj, noun — 12 senses

conjunctive

adj

/kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/

Etymology From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

9 senses
  1. 1Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
  2. 2Connected: being joined, united, connected.
  3. 3Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two…
  4. 4Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
  5. 5Relating to the conjunctive mood.
  6. 6Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate…
  7. 7Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state…
  8. 8Of or relating to logical conjunction.
  9. 9Closely united.
1

Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.

2

Connected: being joined, united, connected.

3

Astrology, Astronomy, Human sciences, Mysticism, Natural sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).

4

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).

5

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Relating to the conjunctive mood.

6

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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

7

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of a verb Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

8

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences Of or relating to logical conjunction.

9

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:
Derived terms
31 termscanonical conjunctive normal form, conjunctive adjunct, conjunctive adverb, conjunctive approach, conjunctive archaeology, conjunctive conjunction, conjunctive error, conjunctive eye movement, conjunctive grammar, conjunctive illocutionary act, conjunctively, conjunctive management, conjunctive membrane, conjunctive mode, conjunctive mood, conjunctiveness, conjunctive normal form, conjunctive operation, conjunctive participle, conjunctive symbiosis, conjunctive tissue, conjunctive tunic, conjunctive use, conjunctive verb, conjunctivism, conjunctivist, conjunctivity, non-conjunctive, nonconjunctive, subconjunctively, unconjunctive
Related terms
conjunct, conjunction

conjunctive

noun

Etymology From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A conjunction.

2

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The subjunctive.

3

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A conjunction.

Related terms
conjunctional, conjunctiva

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