"coordinating conjunction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coordinating conjunctions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coordinating conjunction (plural coordinating conjunctions)
  1. (grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: coordinator Translations (type of conjunction): حَرْف عَطْف (ḥarf ʕaṭf) [masculine] (Arabic), stagell genurzhiañ [feminine] (Breton), nevenschikkend voegwoord [neuter] (Dutch), nevenschikkende conjunctie [feminine] (Dutch), rinnastuskonjunktio (Finnish), conjonction de coordination [feminine] (French), koordinierende Konjunktion [feminine] (German), mellérendelő kötőszó (Hungarian), aðaltenging [feminine] (Icelandic), congiunzione coordinante [feminine] (Italian), ឈ្នាប់ចង (chnoap jɑɑng) (Khmer), sakārtojuma saiklis [masculine] (Latvian), sakārtojuma saikļi [masculine, plural] (Latvian), همبنیسال (Persian), spójnik współrzędny [masculine] (Polish), conjuncție coordonatoare [feminine] (Romanian), сочини́тельный сою́з (sočinítelʹnyj sojúz) [masculine] (Russian), conjunción coordinante [feminine] (Spanish), adjondrece (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "type of conjunction",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of conjunction",
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          "sense": "type of conjunction",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of conjunction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "congiunzione coordinante"
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          "sense": "type of conjunction",
          "word": "ឈ្នាប់ចង"
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          "lang": "Latvian",
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          "sense": "type of conjunction",
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          "sense": "type of conjunction",
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      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "word": "rinnastuskonjunktio"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "conjonction de coordination"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "koordinierende Konjunktion"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "word": "mellérendelő kötőszó"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aðaltenging"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "congiunzione coordinante"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chnoap jɑɑng",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "word": "ឈ្នាប់ចង"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sakārtojuma saiklis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sakārtojuma saikļi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "word": "همبنیسال"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "conjuncție coordonatoare"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sočinítelʹnyj sojúz",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "сочини́тельный сою́з"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "conjunción coordinante"
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "type of conjunction",
      "word": "adjondrece"
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