Complete Definition of "conjunction"

English

wikipedia

Etymology
Via Old French from L. coniunctio|coniūncti�, joining, from coniungere, to join.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-conjunction.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��k��n|-��k��n

Noun
en-noun

  1. The act of joining or being joined.
  2. grammar A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.
  3. astronomy The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
  4. astrology An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
  5. context|logic The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the � (<math>\and</math>) operator.

Derived terms
inferior conjunction
superior conjunction

Related terms
conjugate

Translations

trans-top|act of joining or being joined
Chinese
:(Simplified): �� (jié hé), �� (lián ji�)
:(Traditional): �� (jié hé), �� (lián ji�)
Finnish: liittäminen, yhdistäminen
trans-mid
Polish: ��czenie n, po��czenie n
Portuguese: conjunçãof
Russian: �о�з (sojúz) m, �в�з� (svjaz�) f
trans-bottom

trans-top|grammar: word used to join words or phrases
Bosnian: veznik#Bosnian|veznik m
Catalan: conjunció f
Chinese
:(Simplified): ��� (lián ji� cí)
:(Traditional): ��� (lián ji� cí)
Croatian: veznik#Croatian|veznik m
Czech: spojka f
Danish: bindeord
Dutch: voegwoord n
Estonian: sidesõna
Finnish: konjunktio, sidesana
French: conjonction f
German: Konjunktion f, Bindewort n
Indonesian: kata penghubung
Italian: congiunzione f
trans-mid
Latin: coniunctio f
Maltese: konġugazzjoni
Norwegian: konjunksjon m
Novial: konjunktione
Polish: spójnik m
Portuguese: conjunção f
Romanian: conjuncţie f
Russian: �о�з (sojúz) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: везник m
:Roman: veznik#Serbian|veznik m
Spanish: conjunción f
Swedish: konjunktion c
Telugu: స�య���మ� (samyojakamu)
trans-bottom

trans-top|astronomy: alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth
Chinese (Simplified): �� (huì hé)
Chinese (Traditional): �� (huì hé)
Czech: konjunkce
Finnish: konjunktio
German: Konjunktion f
trans-mid
German: Konjunktion f
Polish: koniunkcja f
Portuguese: conjunção f
Russian: кон��нк�и� (konjúnkcija) f
Swedish: konjunktion c
trans-bottom

trans-top|logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the and operator
Czech: konjunkce f
Esperanto: konjunkcio
French: conjonction f
trans-mid
German: Konjunktion f
Portuguese: conjunção f
Russian: кон��нк�и� (konjúnkcija) f
Swedish: konjunktion c
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked

checktrans

ttbc|Estonian: konjunktsioon
ttbc|Greek, Ancient: ��νδε�μο� (sýndesmos) m
ttbc|Indonesian: kata sambung, kata hubung|penghubung
ttbc|Interlingua: conjunction
ttbc|Latin: coniunctio f
ttbc|Lithuanian: jungtukas m
ttbc|Romanian: conjuncţie f

See also
disjunction

Category:Conjunctions|*
Category:Parts of speech

de:conjunction
et:conjunction
fr:conjunction
io:conjunction
id:conjunction
it:conjunction
nl:conjunction
pl:conjunction
pt:conjunction
ro:conjunction
ru:conjunction
simple:conjunction
fi:conjunction
te:conjunction
vi:conjunction
tr:conjunction
zh:conjunction

Revision and Credits for"conjunction"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.