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English
Etymology
From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.
Pronunciation
Noun
conjunct (plural conjuncts)
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"Therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."
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- (logic) Either term of a conjunction.
2007 July 14, Timothy Chan, “Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:Asserting a conjunction would be irrational if the epistemic grounds for one conjunct defeat those for the other, for example when the two conjuncts are logically inconsistent.
- (linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content.
Holonyms
Adjective
conjunct (not comparable)
- Conjoined.
- Synonym: conjunctive
- Antonyms: disjunct, disjunctive
Set A is conjunct with set B.
- Acting together; collaborative.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French conjoint.
Adjective
conjunct m or n (feminine singular conjunctă, masculine plural conjuncți, feminine and neuter plural conjuncte)
- conjoint
Declension