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English noun: conjunction

1. conjunction (attribute) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time


SamplesThe interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable.


Synonymsco-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence


Broader (hypernym)simultaneity, simultaneousness


Narrower (hyponym)concomitance, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, overlap, unison

2. conjunction (state) the state of being joined together


Synonymscolligation, conjugation, junction


Broader (hypernym)unification, union


Narrower (hyponym)anastomosis, inosculation, synapse

3. conjunction (communication) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences


Synonymsconjunctive, connective, continuative


Broader (hypernym)closed-class word, function word


Narrower (hyponym)coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction

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


Broader (hypernym)grammatical relation


Narrower (hyponym)adversative conjunction, coordinating conjunction, copulative conjunction, disjunctive conjunction, subordinating conjunction

5. conjunction (event) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac


Synonymsalignment


Broader (hypernym)encounter, meeting


Narrower (hyponym)inferior conjunction, superior conjunction


Domain categoryastronomy, uranology

6. conjunction (artifact) something that joins or connects


Synonymsjunction


Broader (hypernym)connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion


Narrower (hyponym)barrier strip, contact, joint, junction barrier, splice, splicing, tangency, thermojunction









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