conjunctive

conjunctive

English

Etymology

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

Adjective

conjunctive (not comparable)

1. (astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
2. (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
3. (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
4. (grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
5. (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
6. (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
7. (obsolete) Closely united.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 15:

     She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.

Synonyms

• (subjunctive): subjunctive

Antonyms

• (of a personal pronoun): disjunctive
• (of logical conjunction): disjunctive

Derived terms

• conjunctive adjunct
• conjunctive adverb
• conjunctive approach
• conjunctive archaeology
• conjunctive conjunction
• conjunctive eye movement
• conjunctive grammar
• conjunctive illocutionary act
• conjunctively
• conjunctive management
• conjunctive membrane
• conjunctive mood
• conjunctiveness
• conjunctive normal form
• conjunctive operation
• conjunctive participle
• conjunctive symbiosis
• conjunctive tissue
• conjunctive tunic
• conjunctive use
• conjunctive verb
• unconjunctive

 

Related terms

• conjunct
• conjunction

Translations

conjoining

Bulgarian: свързващ (bg) (svǎrzvašt), съединителен (bg) (sǎedinitelen) Finnish: konjunktiivinen French: conjonctif (fr) German: verbindend (de)

Korean: 접속적 (jeopsokjeok) Russian: соедини́тельный (ru) (sojedinítelʹnyj), присоедини́тельный (ru) (prisojedinítelʹnyj) Spanish: conjuntivo (es)

grammar: relating to a conjunction

Finnish: konjunktiivinen French: conjonctif (fr) Korean: 접속적 (jeopsokjeok)

Russian: соедини́тельный (ru) (sojedinítelʹnyj) Spanish: conjuntivo (es)

grammar: subjunctive

Finnish: konjunktiivinen German: konjunktiv

Italian: congiuntivo (it) m Russian: сослага́тельный (ru) (soslagátelʹnyj)

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Irish: (please verify) acomhlach

Noun

conjunctive (plural conjunctives)

1. (grammar) A conjunction.
2. (logic) A conjunction.

See also

• conjunctional
• conjunctiva

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Latin

Adjective

conjunctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of conjunctīvus