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conjunction - the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction |
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grammatical relation a linguistic relation established by grammar
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coordinating conjunction a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
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subordinating conjunction a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
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copulative conjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings
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disjunctive conjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings
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adversative conjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings
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conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac |
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alignment |
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encounter,
meeting a casual meeting with a person or thing
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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inferior conjunction (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun
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superior conjunction (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun
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conjunction - an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences |
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conjunctive,
connective,
continuative |
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closed-class word,
function word a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
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coordinating conjunction a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
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subordinate conjunction,
subordinating conjunction a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
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