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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•junc•tion /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/USA pronunciation n. - Grammar[countable] one of a small class of words that connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, such as and, because, but, and unless.
- [uncountable* sometimes: in + ~] the act of joining or the state of being joined;
association; combination: The police worked in conjunction with the army. - [countable] a combination of events or circumstances.
con•junc•tion•al, adj. See -junc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•junc•tion (kən jungk′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Grammar
- any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however.
- any other word or expression of similar function, as in any case.
- the act of conjoining;
combination. - the state of being conjoined;
union; association:The police, in conjunction with the army, established order. - a combination of events or circumstances.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- a compound proposition that is true if and only if all of its component propositions are true.
- Philosophythe relation among the components of such a proposition, usually expressed by AND or & or •.
- Astronomy
- the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude.
- the state of two or more such coinciding heavenly bodies.
- Astrologythe coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude, characterized by a unification of the planetary energies;
an astrological aspect.
- Latin conjunctiōn- (stem of conjunctiō). See conjunct, -ion
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English conjunccio(u)n (1350–1400
con•junc′tion•al, adj. con•junc′tion•al•ly, adv. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged joining, meeting, associating.
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