HyperDic: conjunctive

English > 3 senses of the word conjunctive:
ADJECTIVEallconjunctiveserving or tending to connect
allconjunctive, concerted, conjunct, cooperativeinvolving the joint activity of two or more
NOUNcommunicationconjunctive, conjunction, connective, continuativean uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
English > conjunctive: 3 senses > adjective 1
MeaningServing or tending to connect.
NarrowerconnectiveConnecting or tending to connect
copulativesyntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
OppositedisjunctiveServing or tending to divide or separate
Spanishconjuntivo
Verbsconjoinmake contact or come together
English > conjunctive: 3 senses > adjective 2
MeaningInvolving the joint activity of two or more.
Example "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"
Synonymsconcerted, conjunct, cooperative
BroaderjointUnited or combined
Spanishagrupado, combinado, concertado, conjunto, coordinado, unido
Catalanagrupat, combinat, concertat, conjunt, coordinat, unit
English > conjunctive: 3 senses > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.
Synonymsconjunction, connective, continuative
Narrowercoordinating conjunctionA conjunction (like 'and' or 'or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
subordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunctionA conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause
Broaderfunction word, closed-class wordA word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning / meaning
Spanishconjunción, conjuntiva
Catalanconjunció, conjuntiva

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict