- joining; connective
- joined
- of or relating to conjunctions or their use
- a less common word for conjunction
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con•junc•tive /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- serving to connect;
connective: conjunctive tissue. - conjoined;
joint. - Grammarof, relating to, or functioning like a conjunction;
serving to connect two clauses or sentences, as however and furthermore.
con•junc•tive
(kən jungk′tiv),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
con•junc′tive•ly, adv.
- serving to connect;
connective:conjunctive tissue. - conjoined;
joint:a conjunctive action. - Grammar
- (of a mode) subjunctive.
- (of a pronoun) conjunct.
- Grammarof the nature of a conjunction.
- Grammar(of an adverb) serving to connect two clauses or sentences, as however or furthermore.
- Philosophy[Logic.]characterizing propositions that are conjunctions.
n.
- Grammara conjunctive word;
a conjunction.
- Late Latin conjunctīvus. See conjunct, -ive
- late Middle English conjunctif 1400–50
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conjunctive /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ adj
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