HyperDic: continuative

English > 1 sense of the word continuative:
NOUNcommunicationcontinuative, conjunction, conjunctive, connectivean uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
English > continuative: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.
Synonymsconjunction, conjunctive, connective
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

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