|  conjunction 
  
 
 1. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time (Freq. 3)
 - the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
 • Syn:
 concurrence, coincidence, co-occurrence
 • Derivationally related forms:
 co-occurrent (for: co-occurrence), coincident (for: coincidence), coincide (for: coincidence), concurrent (for: concurrence), concur (for: concurrence)
 • Hypernyms:
 simultaneity, simultaneousness
 • Hyponyms:
 concomitance, overlap, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, unison
 2. the state of being joined together (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 junction, conjugation, colligation
 • Derivationally related forms:
 colligate (for: colligation)
 • Hypernyms:
 union, unification
 • Hyponyms:
 anastomosis, inosculation, synapse
 3. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 conjunctive, connective, continuative
 • Hypernyms:
 function word, closed-class word
 • Hyponyms:
 coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction
 4. the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
 • Hypernyms:
 grammatical relation
 • Hyponyms:
 coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, copulative conjunction, disjunctive conjunction, adversative conjunction
 5. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
 • Syn:
 alignment
 • Topics:
 astronomy, uranology
 • Hypernyms:
 meeting, encounter
 • Hyponyms:
 inferior conjunction, superior conjunction
 6. something that joins or connects
 • Syn:
 junction
 • Hypernyms:
 connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
 • Hyponyms:
 contact, tangency, joint, junction barrier, barrier strip,
 splice, splicing, thermojunction
 
 
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