conjunctive

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
2. (not-comparable) Connected: being joined, united, connected.
3. (not-comparable) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
4. (not-comparable) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
5. (not-comparable) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
6. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
8. (not-comparable) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
9. (not-comparable, obsolete) Closely united.

Noun

1. A conjunction.
2. The subjunctive.
3. A conjunction.

Opposite of

disjunctive, disjunct#Adjective

Synonyms

connective

conjunction

conjunct

subjunctive

particle

concerted

conjunctive mood

cooperative

continuative

connecting

copular

copulative

incorporate

incorporated

integrated

integrative

interconnected

joined

ligamentous

merged

syllogism

unified

united

a conjunctive proposition

connective word

adjunctive

conjunctive mode

blended

combined

complex

composite

compound

conditional

conjoined

connected

Translations

verbindend

conjuntivo

congiuntivo

conjunctief

aanvoegende wijs

birleşik

subjonctif

conjonctif

commun

Konjunktiv

conjonctive

connettivo

συνδετικός

κοινός

coordinat

Etymology

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