Definition of conjunction

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Conjunction (n.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if..

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Breech Sight :: Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim..
Appulse :: Appulse (n.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian..
Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) 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..
Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league..
Synodal :: Synod (n.) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if..
Postpositive :: Postpositive (a.) Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter..
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..
Unity :: Unity (n.) Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine..
Concessive :: Concessive (a.) Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction..
Alternative :: Alternative (a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction..
Suborned :: Subordinative (a.) Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction..
Conominee :: Conominee (n.) One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..
Concurrence :: Concurrence (n.) The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.
Adversative :: Adversative (a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force..
Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.
Polysyndetic :: Polysyndetic (a.) Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions..
When :: When (adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds..
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
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