conjunction

[conjunction]

"Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses." These lyrics from Schoolhouse Rock sum it up: a conjunction is all about joining things together.

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The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

Noun
something that joins or connects

Noun
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"

Noun
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Noun
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

Noun
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

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Noun
the state of being joined together


n.
The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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.

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.


Conjunction

Con*junc"tion , n. [L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. See Conjoin.] 1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction.
Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others.
2. (Astron.) 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. &hand; Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth. 3. (Gram.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive.

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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Usage Examples

Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

God joins us together by means of the body, in consequence of the laws of the communication of movements. He affects us with the same feelings in consequence of the laws of the conjunction of body and soul.

Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.

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