connective
1Connective — may be referring to: Bains::connective Logical connective Connective tissue Discourse connective, in linguistics, a word or phrase like therefore or in other words . See also Connection (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articl …
2connective — 1650s, from CONNECT (Cf. connect) + IVE (Cf. ive) (if from Latin, it likely would have been *connexive). Related: Connectivity (1893); Connective tissue is from 1839 …
3Connective — Con*nect ive, a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. [1913 Webster] {Connection tissue} (Anat.) See {Conjunctive tissue}, under {Conjunctive}. [1913 Webster] …
4Connective — Con*nect ive, n. That which connects. Specifically: (a) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. (b) (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thec[ae], lobes, or cells. [1913 Webster] …
5connective — index concerted, contact (touching), correlative, interlocking, nexus, relative (relevant) …
6connective — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ connecting. ► NOUN ▪ something that connects …
7connective — [kə nek′tiv] adj. connecting or serving to connect n. 1. something that connects, esp. a word that connects phrases, clauses, or other words, as a conjunction or relative pronoun 2. Bot. an anther s lobe connecting tissue that splits open,… …
8connective — connectively, adv. connectivity /kon ek tiv i tee/, n. /keuh nek tiv/, adj. 1. serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters. n. 2. something that connects. 3. Gram. a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and… …
9connective — ● connectif, connective adjectif (de connecter) Tissu connectif, synonyme de tissu conjonctif. ● connectif, connective (expressions) adjectif (de connecter) Tissu connectif, synonyme de tissu conjonctif. ● connectif, connective (synonymes)… …
10connective — I UK [kəˈnektɪv] / US adjective formal joining things together II UK [kəˈnektɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms connective : singular connective plural connectives linguistics a word that is used to join other words, phrases, clauses, and… …
