conjunctive
Adjective
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Adjective
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
- (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
- (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
- (obsolete) Closely united.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 15:
- (subjunctive) subjunctive
- (of a personal pronoun) disjunctive
- (of logical conjunction) disjunctive
- French: conjonctif
- German: verbindend
- Russian: соедини́тельный
- Spanish: conjuntivo
- French: conjonctif
- Russian: соедини́тельный
- Spanish: conjuntivo
- German: konjunktiv
- Italian: congiuntivo
- Russian: сослага́тельный
conjunctive (plural conjunctives)
- (grammar) A conjunction.
- (logic) A conjunction.
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