conjunct

English

Etymology

From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.dʒʌŋkt/ (noun)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdʒʌŋkt/ (adjective)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

  Rhymes: -ʌŋkt

Noun

conjunct (plural conjuncts)

Examples (adjunct)
"Therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."

1. (logic) Either term of a conjunction.
   • 2007 July 14, Timothy Chan, “Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:

     Asserting a conjunction would be irrational if the epistemic grounds for one conjunct defeat those for the other, for example when the two conjuncts are logically inconsistent.

2. (linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content.

Holonyms

• (in logic): conjunction

Adjective

conjunct (not comparable)

1. Conjoined.

   Synonym: conjunctive

   Antonyms: disjunct, disjunctive

   Set A is conjunct with set B.

2. Acting together; collaborative.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “conjoined”): disjunct

Derived terms

• conjunctly

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conjoint.

Adjective

conjunct m or n (feminine singular conjunctă, masculine plural conjuncți, feminine and neuter plural conjuncte)

1. conjoint

Declension

Declension of conjunct

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	conjunct		conjunctă		conjuncți	conjuncte
	definite	conjunctul		conjuncta		conjuncții	conjunctele
genitive- dative	indefinite	conjunct		conjuncte		conjuncți	conjuncte
	definite	conjunctului		conjunctei		conjuncților	conjunctelor