conjunctive

== English == === Etymology === From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv === Adjective === conjunctive (not comparable) Connective: tending to join, unite, connect. Antonym: disjunctive Connected: being joined, united, connected. Synonym: conjunct Antonyms: disjunctive, disjunct (astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude). (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech). (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood. (grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé Antonym: disjunctive (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. Synonym: subjunctive (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction. Antonym: disjunctive (obsolete) Closely united. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === conjunctive (plural conjunctives) (grammar) A conjunction. (grammar) The subjunctive. (logic) A conjunction. ==== See also ==== conjunctional conjunctiva == Latin == === Adjective === conjūnctīve vocative masculine singular of conjūnctīvus