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conjunction

noun
kuhn-JUNGK-shuhn/kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/

Pluralconjunctions

8 meanings of conjunction

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  1. 1
    joiningnouncountable or uncountable
    Joining things together, or the state of being joined together.

    The festival was planned in conjunction with the local library.

    The song is a fun conjunction of old jazz with new dance beats.

    Similarunion, connection

    Oppositeseparation

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  2. 2
    grammar wordnouncountable
    A word like and, but, or because that joins words or parts of a sentence.

    Our teacher told us not to start every sentence with a conjunction.

    Can you find the two conjunctions in this sentence?

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  3. 3
    happening togethernouncountable
    When two or more things happen at the same time or are found together.

    Doctors noticed a conjunction of the two symptoms in almost every patient.

    The flood came from a bad conjunction of high tides and heavy rain.

    Similarcombination, coincidence, concurrence

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  4. 4
    meeting pointnouncountable
    A place where two or more things come together.

    The café sits at the conjunction of two busy streets.

    Our cabin is close to the conjunction of two small rivers.

    Similarjunction, meeting, intersection, convergence

  5. 5
    astronomynouncountable or uncountable
    When two objects in our solar system, like planets, look lined up in the sky from Earth.

    We went outside after dinner to watch the conjunction of the moon and Venus.

    During a close conjunction, two bright planets can look like a single star.

    Oppositeopposition

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  6. 6
    astrologynouncountable
    In astrology, a time when planets are very close to each other.

    My horoscope says a conjunction of Venus and Mars will bring romance this week.

    She wanted to start her new job during a lucky conjunction of the planets.

    Oppositeopposition

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  7. 7
    nouncountable
    In logic, a statement made by joining two or more statements with "and."

    Our teacher wrote a conjunction on the board: "It is sunny and it is warm."

    The conjunction is true only when both of its parts are true.

    Oppositedisjunction

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Less common meaning

  1. 8
    sexnounobsoleteuncountable
    Sex between two people.

    The rules of the order banned any conjunction between monks and nuns.

    Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.
    1603, Michel de Montaigne, The EssayesHere, conjunction means having sex.

    Similarintercourse, sex, copulation, coupling, union

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Origin

From French, from a Latin word meaning "joining".