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Adjective: conjunctive  kun'júngk-tiv
  1. Serving or tending to connect
    "The conjunctive adverb linked the two independent clauses"
     
  2. Involving the joint activity of two or more
    "the conjunctive focus of political opposition";
    - concerted, conjunct, cooperative, united
Noun: conjunctive  kun'júngk-tiv
  1. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words, phrases, clauses or sentences
    "In some languages, conjunctives are used to indicate ongoing actions";
    - conjunction, connective, continuative

Derived forms: conjunctives

See also: connective, copulative, joint

Type of: closed-class word, function word, functor

Antonym: disjunctive

Encyclopedia: Conjunctive