conjunct
[ adjective kuh n-juhngkt, kon-juhngkt; noun kon-juhngkt ]
/ adjective kənˈdʒʌŋkt, ˈkɒn dʒʌŋkt; noun ˈkɒn dʒʌŋkt /
adjective
bound in close association; conjoined; combined; united: conjunct ideas; conjunct influences.
formed by conjunction.
Grammar.
- occurring only in combination with an immediately preceding or following form of a particular class, and constituting with this form a single phonetic unit, as 'll in English he'll, and n't in isn't.
- (of a pronoun) having enclitic or proclitic form and occurring with a verb, as French me, le, se.
- pertaining to a word so characterized.
Music.
progressing melodically by intervals of a second: conjunct motion of an ascending scale.
noun
Logic.
either of the propositions in a conjunction.
Grammar.
a conjunctive adverb.
Origin of conjunct
1425–75; late Middle English (past participle) < Latin
conjunctus joined, connected (past participle of
conjungere to join together), equivalent to
con-
con- +
junc- (variant stem of
jungere to join) +
-tus past participle suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM conjunct
con·junct·ly, adverbWords nearby conjunct
Example sentences from the Web for conjunct
British Dictionary definitions for conjunct
conjunct
/ (kənˈdʒʌŋkt, ˈkɒndʒʌŋkt) /
adjective
joined; united
music
relating to or denoting two adjacent degrees of a scale
noun
logic
one of the propositions or formulas in a conjunction
Derived forms of conjunct
conjunctly, adverbWord Origin for conjunct
C15: from Latin
conjunctus, from
conjugere to unite; see
conjoin