conjunct

conjunct
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin conjunctus, past participle of conjungere Date: 15th century 1. united, joined 2. joint 3. relating to melodic progression by intervals of no more than a major second — compare disjunct II. noun Date: 1667 1. something joined or associated with another; specifically one of the components of a conjunction 2. an adverb or adverbial (as so, in addition, however, secondly) that indicates the speaker's or writer's assessment of the connection between linguistic units (as clauses)

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  • conjunct — CONJÚNCT, Ă, conjuncţi, te, adj. (În sintagma) Forme conjuncte = formele scurte ale prezentului indicativ pers. 1 sg. ( s) şi pers. 3 sg. şi pl. ( i, s) al verbului a fi şi formele neaccentuate ale pronumelui personal la dativ şi acuzativ sg. şi… …   Dicționar Român

  • Conjunct — Con*junct , a. [L. conjunctus, p. p. See {Conjoin}.] 1. United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. (Her.) Same as {Conjoined}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • conjunct — I adjective allied, amalgamated, associated, binding, coadunate, coalescent, coherent, cohesive, combined, complex, composite, concerted, conjoint, connected, consensual, consolidated, contiguous, cooperative, correlative, incorporated,… …   Law dictionary

  • conjunct — mid 15c., from L. conjunctus, pp. of conjugare (see CONJUGAL (Cf. conjugal)). A doublet of CONJOINT (Cf. conjoint) …   Etymology dictionary

  • conjunct — [kən juŋkt′; ] also, and for n.always [, kän′juŋkt΄] adj. [ML < L conjunctus, pp. of conjungere: see CONJOIN] 1. joined together; joint; associated 2. Music pertaining to progression by successive degrees of a scale n. a person or thing joined …   English World dictionary

  • Conjunct — Not to be confused with Conjunct (music). In linguistics, the term conjunct has three distinct uses: A conjunct is an adjunct that adds information to the sentence that is not considered part of the propositional content (or at least not… …   Wikipedia

  • conjunct — conjunctly, adv. adj. /keuhn jungkt , kon jungkt/; n. /kon jungkt/, adj. 1. bound in close association; conjoined; combined; united: conjunct ideas; conjunct influences. 2. formed by conjunction. 3. Gram. a. occurring only in combination with an… …   Universalium

  • conjunct — Conjoint Con*joint , a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See {Conjoin}, and cf. {Conjunct}.] United; connected; associated. Influence conjoint. Glover. [1913 Webster] {Conjoint degrees} (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • conjunct — con•junct adj. [[t]kənˈdʒʌŋkt, ˈkɒn dʒʌŋkt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈkɒn dʒʌŋkt[/t]] adj. 1) bound in close association; conjoined; united: conjunct influences[/ex] 2) formed by conjunction 3) mad progressing melodically by intervals of a second: the conjunct …   From formal English to slang

  • conjunct — 1. noun a) Either term of a conjunction b) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as therefore …   Wiktionary

  • conjunct tetrachords — noun plural : two adjacent tetrachords in which the highest note of one is the same as the lowest note of the other * * * conjunct tetrachords plural noun (Gr music) Tetrachords in which the highest note of the lower is the lowest note of the… …   Useful english dictionary

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