CONJUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conjunction mean? 

• CONJUNCTION (noun)
  The noun CONJUNCTION has 6 senses:

1. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

2. the state of being joined together

3. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

4. the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

5. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

6. something that joins or connects

  Familiarity information: CONJUNCTION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONJUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The temporal property of two things happening at the same time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

co-occurrence; coincidence; concurrence; conjunction

Context example:

the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):

simultaneity; simultaneousness (happening or existing or done at the same time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):

concomitance (occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another)

overlap (the property of partial coincidence in time)

contemporaneity; contemporaneousness (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)

unison (occurring together or simultaneously)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being joined together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction

Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):

unification; union (the state of being joined or united or linked)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):

anastomosis; inosculation (a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous)

synapse (the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

conjunction; conjunctive; connective; continuative

Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):

closed-class word; function word (a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):

subordinate conjunction; subordinating conjunction (a conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause)

coordinating conjunction (a conjunction (like 'and' or 'or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):

coordinating conjunction (the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status)

subordinating conjunction (the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another)

copulative conjunction (the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings)

disjunctive conjunction (the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings)

adversative conjunction (the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

alignment; conjunction

Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):

encounter; meeting (a casual or unexpected convergence)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):

inferior conjunction ((astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun)

superior conjunction ((astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Something that joins or connects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

conjunction; junction

Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):

connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):

joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)

barrier strip; junction barrier (a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs)

splice; splicing (a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together)

thermojunction (a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears)

contact; tangency ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact)

 Context examples 

Also watch days near November 24, when Venus will make her only conjunction with Jupiter this year, and they will meet in Sagittarius.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of parathyroid hormone in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Parathormone Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of prolactin in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Prolactin Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Yes, in conjunction with his friend.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Abnormal secretion of hormones in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Hormone Secretion Syndromes Associated with Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

This drug is used in conjunction with beta-lactamase susceptible penicillins to treat infections caused by beta-lactamase producing organisms.

(Clavulanate Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)

CAV2 may function as an accessory protein in conjunction with CAV1.

(Caveolin 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is used in conjunction with beta-lactamase susceptible antibiotics, such as penicillins and cephalosporins, to treat infections caused by beta-lactamase producing organisms.

(Clavulanic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used in conjunction with other anticancer agents in pediatric neuroblastoma therapy.

(Deferoxamine, NCI Dictionary)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of aldosterone in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Aldosterone Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)