copulative

Examples

• All

• Seated at the far end of the table, RAH said, "My colleague, AMD, informed me of his embarrassing interruption of your copulative cycle during his conference with you."

  Fiction book (2001)

• The teacher explained that a copulative conjunction links similar ideas in a sentence, like in 'I want apples and oranges.'

• Effective sentences often use a copulative to join phrases, making the meaning clearer and more fluid.

Synonyms

C

conjunctive

vscopulative

• Specialized

1 7.1

To join words or clauses in a sentence

emphasizes additive or connected meaning rather than general connection

S

syndetic

vscopulative

• Specialized

9.6

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

connects parts to express added or connected meaning

C

coordinating

vscopulative

• Specialized

4.2

A word like and, but, or that joins two equal parts of a sentence

links parts to show simple addition or connected meaning

C

coordinative

vscopulative

• Specialized

8.3

A word used to join two similar parts of a sentence, for example 'and' or 'or'

joins parts to show additive connection regardless of grammatical type

Compounds

C

copulative conjunction

• Specialized

7.5

A word that joins parts of a sentence, like 'and', to show addition

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology