connective

[ kuh-nek-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.

noun
  1. something that connects.

  2. Grammar. a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, as a conjunction.

  1. Botany. the tissue joining the two cells of the anther.

Origin of connective

1
First recorded in 1645–55; connect + -ive

Other words from connective

  • con·nec·tive·ly, adverb
  • con·nec·tiv·i·ty [kon-ek-tiv-i-tee], /ˌkɒn ɛkˈtɪv ɪ ti/, noun
  • non·con·nec·tive, adjective, noun
  • non·con·nec·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·con·nec·tiv·i·ty, noun
  • pre·con·nec·tive, adjective
  • qua·si-con·nec·tive, adjective
  • qua·si-con·nec·tive·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for connective

connective

/ (kəˈnɛktɪv) /


adjective
  1. serving to connect or capable of connecting

noun
  1. a thing that connects

  2. grammar logic

    • a less common word for conjunction (def. 3)

    • any word that connects phrases, clauses, or individual words

    • a symbol used in a formal language in the construction of compound sentences from simpler sentences, corresponding to terms such as or, and, not, etc, in ordinary speech

  1. botany the tissue of a stamen that connects the two lobes of the anther

  2. anatomy a nerve-fibre bundle connecting two nerve centres

Derived forms of connective

  • connectively, adverb
  • connectivity (ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ), noun

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