- dis·junc·tive
- /dısˈʤʌŋktıv/ adjgrammar : showing choice or opposition
“Or” and “but” are disjunctive conjunctions.
disjunctive noun, pl -tives [count]“Or” and “but” are disjunctives.
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dis|junc´tive|ly — dis|junc|tive «dihs JUHNGK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. causing separation; separating. 2. Grammar. showing a choice or contrast between two ideas, words, clauses, etc. But, yet, and either…or are disjunctive conjunctions. Otherwise and else… … Useful english dictionary
dis|junc|tive — «dihs JUHNGK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. causing separation; separating. 2. Grammar. showing a choice or contrast between two ideas, words, clauses, etc. But, yet, and either…or are disjunctive conjunctions. Otherwise and else are… … Useful english dictionary
dis — dis·accord; dis·advantage; dis·affect; dis·aggregate; dis·ap·pear; dis·array; dis·bar; dis·burse; dis·card; dis·charge; dis·ci·ple; dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an; dis·ci·pline; dis·claim; dis·close; dis·co; dis·co·glos·sid; dis·coid; dis·coi·dal;… … English syllables
tive — ab·duc·tive; ab·duc·tive·ly; ab·er·ra·tive; ab·re·ac·tive; ab·sorp·tive; ab·strac·tive; ac·cel·er·a·tive; ac·com·mo·da·tive; ac·cre·tive; ac·cul·tur·a·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·quis·i·tive; ac·quis·i·tive·ness; adapt·a·tive; ad·duc·tive;… … English syllables
junc — ab·junc·tion; ad·junc·tion; ad·junc·tive; cer·a·to·con·junc·ti·vi·tis; con·junc·tion; con·junc·tion·al; con·junc·ti·va; con·junc·ti·vi·tis; con·junc·ture; dis·junc·tiv·i·ty; dis·junc·tor; in·junc·tion; in·ter·junc·tion; junc; junc·tion·al;… … English syllables
disjunctively — dis·junc·tive·ly … English syllables
disjunctive — dis•junc•tive [[t]dɪsˈdʒʌŋk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) serving or tending to disjoin 2) gram. a) syntactically setting two or more expressions in opposition to each other, as but in poor but happy, or expressing an alternative, as or in this or that[/ex]… … From formal English to slang
disjunctive — dis|junc|tive [dısˈdʒʌŋktıv] adj technical a disjunctive ↑conjunction expresses a choice or opposition between two ideas. For example, or is a disjunctive conjunction … Dictionary of contemporary English
disjunctive allegation — dis·junc·tive allegation /dis jəŋk tiv / n: an allegation that is unclear in meaning because it includes the word or in charging the defendant with two or more wrongful acts ◇ Disjunctive allegations are inadmissible. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary … Law dictionary
Disjunctive — Dis*junc tive, n. (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
