conjunctive
Etymology
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Etymology
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conjunctive (not comparable)
(astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude). (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech). (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood. (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 - Antonyms: 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. - Synonyms: subjunctive
(logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction. - Antonyms: disjunctive
(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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene vii], 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.
- French: conjonctif
- German: verbindend
- Russian: соединительный
- Spanish: conjuntivo
- French: conjonctif
- Russian: соединительный
- Spanish: conjuntivo
- German: konjunktiv
- Italian: congiuntivo
- Portuguese: conjuntivo
- Russian: сослага́тельный
- German: konjunktiv
conjunctive (plural conjunctives)
- (grammar) A conjunction.
- (grammar) The subjunctive.
- (logic) A conjunction.
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