conjunct – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
conjunct
adj.
united; connected, conjoined
Conjunct
In
linguistics, the term
conjunct has three distinct uses:
- A conjunct is an adverbial that adds information to the sentence that is not considered part of the propositional content (or at least not essential) but which connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Rare as it may be, conjuncts may also connect to the following parts of the discourse.
- It was raining. Therefore, we didn’t go swimming.
- It was sunny. However, we stayed inside.
- You are such a dork. Still, I love you from the bottom of my heart.
conjunct
Adjective
1. progressing melodically by intervals of a second; "conjunct motion of an ascending scale"
(antonym) disjunct
(classification) music
2. bound in close association; "conjunct influences"; "conjunct ideas"
(similar) united
3. 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"
(synonym) combined, concerted, conjunctive, cooperative, united
(similar) joint
conjunct
conjunct, united; connected, conjoined
Conjunct
(a.)
United; conjoined; concurrent.
(a.)
Same as Conjoined.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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