Meaning of CONJUNCTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | kun'jungktiv
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- [n] an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
- [adj] serving or tending to connect
- [adj] involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"
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| | Synonyms: | | combined, concerted, conjunct, conjunction, connecting, connective, connective, cooperative, copulative, joint, united |
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| | Antonyms: | | disjunctive | | |
| | See Also: | | closed-class word, coordinating conjunction, function word, subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction | |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*junc"tive\, a. [L. conjunctivus.]
1. Serving to unite; connecting together.
2. Closely united. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Conjunctive mood} (Gram.), the mood which follows a
conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive
mood.
{Conjunctive tissue} (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all
parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and
consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded
protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also
{cellular tissue} and {connective tissue}. Adipose or
fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and
bone are sometimes included by the phrase.
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