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View synonyms for conjunctive
conjunctive
[ kuhn-juhngk-tiv ]
adjective
- serving to connect; connective:
conjunctive tissue.
- conjoined; joint:
a conjunctive action.
- Grammar.
- (of a mode) subjunctive.
- (of a pronoun) conjunct.
- of the nature of a conjunction.
- (of an adverb) serving to connect two clauses or sentences, as however or furthermore.
- Logic. characterizing propositions that are conjunctions.
noun
- Grammar. a conjunctive word; a conjunction.
conjunctive
/ kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv /
adjective
- joining; connective
- joined
- of or relating to conjunctions or their use
- logic relating to, characterized by, or containing a conjunction
noun
- a less common word for conjunction
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Derived Forms
- conˈjunctively, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·junctive·ly adverb
- noncon·junctive adjective
- noncon·junctive·ly adverb
- subcon·junctive adjective
- subcon·junctive·ly adverb
- uncon·junctive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conjunctive1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conjunctive1
C15: from Late Latin conjunctīvus, from Latin conjungere to conjoin
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Example Sentences
The conjunctive principle lies concealed in every part of the male, and in every part of the female, 37, 46.
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Marriages interiorly conjunctive can hardly be entered into in the world, the reason why, 320, 49.
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The sign of the conditional is ḥe or ḥ; that of the conjunctive ḷe or ḷ.
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Was is defective, except in the prterite tense, where it is found both in the indicative and conjunctive.
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Such, however, is not the case: byst in Anglo-Saxon is indicative, the conjunctive form being be.
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