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Conjunction   /kəndʒˈəŋkʃən/   Listen
Conjunction

noun
1.
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time.  Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence.
2.
The state of being joined together.  Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, junction.
3.
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.  Synonyms: conjunctive, connective, continuative.
4.
The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction.
5.
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac.  Synonym: alignment.
6.
Something that joins or connects.  Synonym: junction.



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adversative conjunction
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inferior conjunction
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subordinating conjunction
superior conjunction


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