What does connective mean?

connective means "an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in connective?

connective has 3 syllables: con-nec-tive. The stress falls on "nec". In IPA it is /kəˈnɛktɪv/.

What is another word for connective?

Close synonyms include conjunction, conjunctive, continuative, connection, connexion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is connective a common word?

connective is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

connective — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Synonymsconjunction conjunctive continuative
Broaderfunction word
Narrowercoordinating conjunction subordinating conjunction
2.
an instrumentality that connects
“he soldered the connection”
“he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers”
Synonymsconnection connexion connector connecter
Broaderinstrumentality
Narrowerattachment backbone ground hitch hookup jumper junction slip ring telephone line temporary hookup

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
connecting or tending to connect
“connective remarks between chapters”
“connective tissue in animals”
“conjunctive tissue in plants”
Similarconjunctive

Other forms of connective

plural: connectives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about connective

What does connective mean?: connective means "an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in connective?: connective has 3 syllables: con-nec-tive. The stress falls on "nec". In IPA it is /kəˈnɛktɪv/.
What is another word for connective?: Close synonyms include conjunction, conjunctive, continuative, connection, connexion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is connective a common word?: connective is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for connective come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Synonymsconjunction conjunctive continuative
Broaderfunction word
Narrowercoordinating conjunction subordinating conjunction
2.
an instrumentality that connects
“he soldered the connection”
“he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers”
Synonymsconnection connexion connector connecter
Broaderinstrumentality
Narrowerattachment backbone ground hitch hookup jumper junction slip ring telephone line temporary hookup

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
connecting or tending to connect
“connective remarks between chapters”
“connective tissue in animals”
“conjunctive tissue in plants”
Similarconjunctive

Other forms of connective

plural: connectives·

Questions about connective

What does connective mean?: connective means "an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in connective?: connective has 3 syllables: con-nec-tive. The stress falls on "nec". In IPA it is /kəˈnɛktɪv/.
What is another word for connective?: Close synonyms include conjunction, conjunctive, continuative, connection, connexion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is connective a common word?: connective is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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