1. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words, phrases, clauses or sentences
   "The word 'and' is a common conjunction";
   - conjunctive, connective, continuative
    
2. The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words, phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
   "In 'cats and dogs', the conjunction 'and' connects the two nouns"
    
3. The state of being joined together
   "The conjunction of the planets is a rare astronomical event";
   - junction, colligation
    
4. Something that joins or connects
   "The conjunction of the rivers created a delta";
   - junction
    
5. The temporal property of two things happening at the same time
   "The conjunction of the two earthquakes puzzled scientists";
   - concurrence, coincidence, co-occurrence
    
6. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
   "The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs approximately every 20 years";
   - alignment

Derived forms: conjunctions

Type of: closed-class word, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], encounter, function word, functor, grammatical relation, meeting, simultaneity, simultaneousness, unification, union

Encyclopedia: Conjunction