conjunctive

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical 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.

Noun

• A conjunction.
• A conjunction.

Related

Similar words

• subjunctive

Opposite words

• disjunctive

Origin

• From Latin coniunctivus, from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.