Conjunction meaning

What does “conjunction” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“conjunction” is a noun with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time.

conjunction

the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
“the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable”
Synonymsconcurrence coincidence co-occurrence
the state of being joined together
Synonymsjunction conjugation colligation
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Synonymsconjunctive connective continuative
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Synonymsalignment
something that joins or connects
Synonymsjunction

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University