Sample sentences for CONJUNCTION

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
"And" is a conjunction

Definition

a word (such as "and" or "but") that connects words or phrases or clauses in a sentence

conjunction = a word (such as "and" or "but") that connects words or phrases or clauses in a sentence

Other Uses (with this meaning)

conjunction = a word (such as "and" or "but") that connects words or phrases or clauses in a sentence

FOR A NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE OR PHRASE, BUT NOT FOR INDEPENDENT CLAUSES JOINED BY COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS....
Lincoln Pierce -- Big Nate - In a Class by Himself

2 —as in:
working in conjunction

Definition

when things are joined or happen together

conjunction = when things are joined or happen together

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The improvement is made possible through the conjunction of new software with more powerful smart phones.

conjunction = when things are joined or happen together

The economic crash came from a conjunction of both market and governmental failure.

conjunction = when things are joined or happen together

These things, in conjunction with the wild work we have in hand, help to unnerve a man.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

conjunction = at the same time

"Nay; not so, my little Pearl," answered the minister; for, with the new energy of the moment, all the dread of public exposure, that had so long been the anguish of his life, had returned upon him; and he was already trembling at the conjunction in which—with a strange joy, nevertheless—he now found himself—"not so, my child."
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

conjunction = joining

Such a conjunction has not occurred for two hundred years, and your Highness will not live to see it again.
C.S. Lewis -- Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

conjunction = when things happen at the same time

Seen in conjunction with Hester Prynne—kindly as so many now felt towards the latter—the dread inspired by Mistress Hibbins had doubled, and caused a general movement from that part of the market-place in which the two women stood.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

conjunction = combination

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