1. conjunction(n = noun.attribute) co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
is a kind of simultaneity, simultaneousness
has particulars: concomitance, overlap, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, unison
2. conjunction(n = noun.state) colligation, conjugation, junction - the state of being joined together; Array
is a kind of unification, union
has particulars: anastomosis, inosculation, synapse
3. conjunction(n = noun.communication) conjunctive, connective, continuative - an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences; Array
is a kind of closed-class word, function word
has particulars: coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction
4. conjunction(n = noun.linkdef) Array - the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction; Array
is a kind of grammatical relation
has particulars: coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, copulative conjunction, disjunctive conjunction, adversative conjunction
5. conjunction(n = noun.event) alignment - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac; Array
is a kind of encounter, meeting
has particulars: inferior conjunction, superior conjunction
6. conjunction(n = noun.artifact) junction - something that joins or connects; Array
is a kind of connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
has particulars: contact, tangency, joint, barrier strip, junction barrier, splice, splicing, thermojunction
1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league. [1913 Webster]
"He will unite the white rose and the red:
Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction." [1913 Webster]
"Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others." [1913 Webster]
2. The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect,
" Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth." [1913 Webster]
3. A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. [1913 Webster]
"Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive." [1913 Webster]
conjunction, n.
1 a the action of joining; the condition of being joined. b an instance of this.
2 Gram. a word used to connect clauses or sentences or words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if).
3 a a combination (of events or circumstances). b a number of associated persons or things.
4 Astron. & Astrol. the alignment of two bodies in the solar system so that they have the same longitude as seen from the earth.
Idiom:
in conjunction with together with.
Derivative:
conjunctional adj.
Etymology:
ME f. OF conjonction f. L conjunctio -onis (as conjunct)
N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.
adversative conjunction, coordinating conjunction, copulative conjunction, disjunctive conjunction, inferior conjunction, subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction, superior conjunction