conjunctive
- adjective
- /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/
- Specialized
- Conjunctive words like and and but help link ideas in a sentence.
- conjunctive relation
- conjunctive link
- conjunctive devices
Examples
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"Notice the use of the disjunctive word "or" as opposed to the conjunctive word "and." 24.
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Conjunctive adverbs such as however, nevertheless, and moreover help provide transitions.
Academic text (2010) -
So this is called the conjunctive normal form CNF.
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For this experiment, we focused on the processing of conjunctive relations between clauses within a single sentence.
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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."
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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.
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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
Joined to other words or phrases by a joining word like and
A word that joins words or phrases to show addition, like 'and'
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.