conjunction
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Definitions
Noun
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
Noun
the state of being joined together
Noun
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Noun
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
Noun
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Noun
something that joins or connects
Synonyms
alignment
coincidence
colligation
concurrence
conjugation
conjunctive
connective
continuative
co-occurrence
junction
More General Terms
closed-class word
connecter
connection
connective
connector
connexion
encounter
function word
grammatical relation
meeting
simultaneity
simultaneousness
unification
union
More Specific Terms
adversative conjunction
anastomosis
barrier strip
concomitance
contact
contemporaneity
contemporaneousness
coordinating conjunction
copulative conjunction
disjunctive conjunction
inferior conjunction
inosculation
joint
junction barrier
overlap
splice
splicing
subordinate conjunction
subordinating conjunction
superior conjunction
synapse
tangency
thermojunction
unison