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   conjunction

   /kənˈdʒʌŋ(k)ʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if).
   • 2. the action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space: "a conjunction of favourable political and economic circumstances"
   • ▪ an alignment of two planets or other celestial objects so that they appear to be in the same, or nearly the same, place in the sky: "the conjunctions and oppositions of the planets"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin conjunctio(n-), from the verb conjungere (see conjoin).

   Derivatives

   • 1. conjunctional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 22

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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