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conjunct

noun
/ˈkɑn.dʒʌŋkt/

Etymology

From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.

  1. derived from conjunctus

Definitions

  1. Either term of a conjunction.

  2. Either term of a conjunctive conjunction.

    • 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.

  3. An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with…

    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.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Conjoined.

      • Set A is conjunct with set B.

    2. Acting together

      Acting together; collaborative.

The neighborhood

  • antonymdisjunctantonym(s) of “conjoined”

Derived

conjunctly

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for conjunct. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA