conjunction

US: /kənˈdʒəŋkʃən/
UK: /kənd‍ʒˈʌŋkʃən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


conjunction /kən'dʤʌɳkʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự liên kết, sự kết hợp, sự tiếp hợp
    • cơ hội trùng hợp; sự kiện kết hợp
    • (ngôn ngữ học) liên từ
    • (thiên văn học) sự giao hội (hành tinh)
    • in conjunction with
      • cùng chung, chung với (ai)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 [C] (grammar) a word that joins words, phrases or sentences, for example 'and', 'but', 'or'
2 [C] (formal) a combination of events, etc., that causes a particular result: The conjunction of low inflation and low unemployment came as a very pleasant surprise.
3 [C, U] (astronomy) the fact of stars, planets, etc. passing close together as seen from the earth: The theory is that there was a rare conjunction of certain bright planets that created the image of the so-called 'Star of Bethlehem'.
Idioms: in conjunction with (formal) together with: The police are working in conjunction with tax officers on the investigation. + The system is designed to be used in conjunction with a word processing program.

Concise English dictionary


conjunctions-kʃən
noun
+the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
+the state of being joined together
+an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
+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
+something that joins or connects