conjunction

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A conjunction is a word such as and, because, but, for, if, or, and when which is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. Coordinating conjunctions join like with like: The room is large and bright / She would have to go back and look for it / You can come in but you cannot stay long / Would you like tea or coffee?. Subordinating conjunctions join a subordinate clause to a main clause: I shan't go if you won't come with me / As we're early let's have a drink / I was late because I missed the train. Pairs of conjunctions such as either...or...and neither...nor...are called correlative conjunctions: He must be either drunk or mad / I neither know nor care. Some conjunctions are much more common in British English than in American English; these are whilst

(I would like to thank many friends and colleagues for their encouragement whilst I was writing this book—R. Jackson, 1981)

, now

(Now the tourist season's starting it's better to have someone there, like a caretaker—Iris Murdoch, 1980)

, and nor

(Nobody in the dying Constituent Assembly believed it, and nor did the royal family—W. Doyle, 2003)

, and but nor

(I don't need any cosseting but nor am I too independent—Saga Magazine, 2004.

The more important conjunctions are treated in separate articles: see and, because, but, for, etc.

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noun

The state of being associated: affiliation, alliance, association, combination, connection, cooperation, partnership. See near/far/distance.

n

Definition: combination
Antonyms: detachment, disconnection, division, separation

The conjunction of two propositions, p, q is the proposition p & q. It is true if, and only if, each of p, q is true. The medievals were interested in whether there exist different kinds of conjunction subject to a weaker condition, since while a book is a conjunction of the assertions it contains, it seems harsh to say that it is wholly false if one of them is false. See also truth-function.

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A word that joins words or groups of words. There are three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, not, yet, for, and so. Correlative conjunctions include the words in the pairs either/or, both/and, and neither/nor. Subordinating conjunctions begin subordinate clauses (see subordination) and join them to the rest of the sentence: “She didn't learn the real reason until she left the valley.”

For a list of words related to conjunction, see:

• Celestial Phenomena and Points - conjunction: occasion when two or more celestial bodies line up at same longitude on celestial sphere
• Parts of Speech - conjunction: word connecting words or word groups

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - konjunktion, sammentræf

idioms:

• in conjunction with    sammen med

Nederlands (Dutch)
conjunctie, voegwoord, vereniging, samenloop van omstandigheden

Français (French)
n. - concours, (Astron, Ling) conjonction

idioms:

• in conjunction with    conjointement avec

Deutsch (German)
n. - Konjunktion, Bindewort, Verbindung

idioms:

• in conjunction with    in Verbindung mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γραμμ.) σύνδεσμος, σύνδεση, σύνδεσμος, συνάφεια, συζυγία, (αστρον.) σύνοδος

idioms:

• in conjunction with    από κοινού με

Italiano (Italian)
congiunzione

idioms:

• in conjunction with    in congiunzione con

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conjunção (f), associação (f)

idioms:

• in conjunction with    junto com

Русский (Russian)
союз

idioms:

• in conjunction with    совместно с

Español (Spanish)
n. - conjunción

idioms:

• in conjunction with    conjuntamente con, en conjunción con

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förening, förbindelse, sammanträffande, konjunktion (astron. mm)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
连接词, 关联, 联合

idioms:

• in conjunction with    与...协力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 連接詞, 關聯, 聯合

idioms:

• in conjunction with    與...協力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연결, 접속사, 동시발생

idioms:

• in conjunction with    ~와 함께, 와 관련하여

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結合, 合同, 接続詞, 同時発生

idioms:

• in conjunction with    …とともに
• subordinating conjunction    従位接続詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ارتباط, اقتران, اتحاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מילת-חיבור, צירוף‬

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