Conjunction

English Meaning

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

1. The act of joining.
2. The state of being joined.
3. A joint or simultaneous occurrence; concurrence: the conjunction of historical and economic forces that created a depression.
4. One resulting from or embodying a union; a combination: "He is, in fact, a remarkable conjunction of talents” ( Jerry Adler).
5. Grammar The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
6. Grammar Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as and, but, as, and because.
7. Astronomy The position of two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere when they have the same celestial longitude.
8. Logic A compound proposition that has components joined by the word and or its symbol and is true only if both or all the components are true.
9. Logic The relationship between the components of a conjunction.