conjunctive
/kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ · adj
Meaning
- Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
- Connected: being joined, united, connected.
- Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
- Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
- Relating to the conjunctive mood.
- 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
- Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
- Of or relating to logical conjunction.
- Closely united.
- A conjunction.
- The subjunctive.
Etymology / origin
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
- coniunctivus(Latin)→
- conjunctive (English)
- Relations: uder
Related words
Descendant words
- konjunktiivi(Finnish) (cog)
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