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coordinating conjunction

DEFINITIONS OF: coordinating conjunction

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n a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents

Type of:
conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

n the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status

Type of:
conjunction
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
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