connectiveadjective
uk/kəˈnek.tɪv/us/kəˈnek.tɪv/connective adjective (JOINING)
connecting:
connective words and phrases
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- consequently
- hence
- hereby
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- OK
- so
- sure
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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connective adjective (MEDICAL)
specialized anatomy Connective structures in the body connect different parts.
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- hormonal
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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connectivenoun [ C ]
/kəˈnek.tɪv//kəˈnek.tɪv/a word such as "and" or "before" that is used to connect other words or phrases:
The child uses causal connectives ("because", "so", "that's why") to explain events.
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- A subordinate clause is a clause of a complex sentence, generally introduced by a connective, which cannot stand as a sentence on its own.
- In this task, students read sentences that are missing a connective (e. g., in contrast, because, before) that links ideas between two sentences or two clauses.
- Studies have shown that even three-year-olds are able to use causal connectives correctly.
- By this age students should begin to use a wider range of sentence connectives in their writing than "and" and "then".
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- countable noun
- definite article
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- pron
- pronoun
- proper noun
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