conjunction
/kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/ noun
Forms conjunctions
- noun The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
- noun (grammar) 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.)
- noun Cooccurrence; coincidence.
- noun (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
- noun (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
- noun (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator.
- noun A place where multiple things meet.
- noun (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
Synonyms
connection union aphrodisia carnal knowledge coitus coition commerce commixtion congress consummation conversation copulation coupling intercourse intimacy intimate relations intromission joining lovemaking lustmaking concurrence coincidence co-occurrence junction conjugation colligation conjunctive connective continuative alignment
Antonyms
Etymology
From Old French conjonction, from Latin coniūnctiō (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
- noun The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6.
Etymology [L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. See Conjoin.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “conjunction”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details