FromLatinconiunctivus(“serving to connect”), fromconiunctus, past participle ofconiungere; compareconjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
conjunctive (notcomparable)
- Connective: tending tojoin,unite,connect.
- Antonym:disjunctive
- Connected: beingjoined,united,connected.
- Synonym:conjunct
- Antonyms:disjunctive,disjunct
- (astrology, astronomy) Relating to aconjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the sameright ascension or the sameecliptic longitude).
- (grammar) Relating to aconjunction (part of speech).
- (grammar) Relating to theconjunctive mood.
- (grammar) Of apersonal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as Frenchje or Irishsé
- Antonym:disjunctive
- (grammar, of a verb)Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
- Synonym:subjunctive
- (logic) Of or relating tologicalconjunction.
- Antonym:disjunctive
- (obsolete) Closely united.
c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene vii], line15:She is soconjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.
grammar: relating to a conjunction
logic: of or relating to logical conjunction
Translations to be checked
conjunctive (pluralconjunctives)
- (grammar) Aconjunction.
- (grammar) Thesubjunctive.
- (logic) Aconjunction.
conjūnctīve
- vocativemasculinesingular ofconjūnctīvus
