Collins English-English Dictionary

conjunction [kən'ʤ^ŋkʃən]

1. 1. n the act of joining together; combination; union

2. 2. n any word or group of words, other than a relative pronoun, that connects words, phrases, or clauses; for example and and while conj - See also coordinating conjunction subordinating conjunction

3. 3. n simultaneous occurrence of events; coincidence

4. 4. n [astronomy] the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere

5. 5. n solar conjunction the position of a planet or the moon when it is in line with the sun as seen from the earth. The inner planets are in inferior conjunction when the planet is between the earth and the sun and in superior conjunction when the sun lies between the earth and the planet - Compare opposition

6. 6. n [astrology] an exact aspect of 0° between two planets, etc, an orb of 8° being allowed - Compare opposition square

7. 7. n [logic] the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and

8. 8. n a sentence so formed. Usually written p&q, pq, or p.q., where p,q are the component sentences, it is true only when both these are true

9. 9. n the relation between such sentences