conjunctive

English

Etymology

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv

Adjective

conjunctive (not comparable)

2. (astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
4. (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
6. (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
8. (grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé

   Antonym: disjunctive

10. (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

12. (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.

    Antonym: disjunctive

14. (obsolete) Closely united.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 15:

      She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.

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Translations

Noun

conjunctive (plural conjunctives)

1. (grammar) A conjunction.
2. (grammar) The subjunctive.
3. (logic) A conjunction.

See also

• conjunctional
• conjunctiva

Latin

Adjective

conjūnctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of conjūnctīvus