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conjunctive

conjunctive

1 7.1
To join words or clauses in a sentence
  • adjective
  • /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : conjuntivo
  • Conjunctive words like and and but help link ideas in a sentence.
  • conjunctive relation
  • conjunctive link
  • conjunctive devices

Examples

  • "Notice the use of the disjunctive word "or" as opposed to the conjunctive word "and." 24.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Conjunctive adverbs such as however, nevertheless, and moreover help provide transitions.

    Academic text (2010)
  • So this is called the conjunctive normal form CNF.

  • For this experiment, we focused on the processing of conjunctive relations between clauses within a single sentence.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Temporal conjunctive links also play a key role in narratives.

    Academic text (2012)
  • You have the "reasonableness" clause and the "warrants" clause, separated by the conjunctive "and."

    Blog text (9)
  • Items required the processing of conjunctive relations between two clauses that were either causally consistent or inconsistent.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Similarly, TD children's conjunctive links were significantly more accurate across sentences and episodes of the story than those of the LI children.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Conjunctive relations often link adjacent clauses, with causal relations being one of the strongest ways to connect descriptions of subsequent events.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The present task represents an effective tool to study local comprehension monitoring and highlights the importance of conjunctive relations for maintaining textual coherence during reading.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

syndetic
vsconjunctive
  • Specialized
9.6

Joined to other words or phrases by a joining word like and

is a broader term for words or clauses that connect not only coordinating joins
copulative
vsconjunctive
  • Specialized
8.8

A word that joins words or phrases to show addition, like 'and'

is a general connecting term that is not specifically additive

Antonyms

1 8.7

Showing that two things are separate

Surface Forms

conjunctive positive

Morphology

conjunctive = conjunct (transparent) = conjunct + ive

The suffix '-ive' clearly indicates an adjective form related to the function of conjunction.

Etymology

Conjunctive comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and jungere 'to join', and it is like the English word join. So a conjunctive word in grammar is one that 'joins' parts of a sentence together.