Conjunct Definition

kən-jŭngkt, kŏnjŭngkt
adjective
Joined together; joint; associated.
Webster's New World
Acting in association; combined.
American Heritage
Pertaining to progression by successive degrees of a scale.
Webster's New World
Set A is conjunct with set B.
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noun
A person or thing joined or associated with another.
Webster's New World
One of the components of a conjunction.
American Heritage

(logic) Either term of a conjunction.

Wiktionary

(linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as "therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."

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Other Word Forms of Conjunct

Noun

Singular:
conjunct
Plural:
conjuncts

Origin of Conjunct

  • Middle English from Latin coniūnctus past participle of coniungere to join together conjoin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin conjunctus, past participle. See conjoin.

    From Wiktionary

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