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ADVERSATIVE CONJUNCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adversative conjunction mean?
• ADVERSATIVE CONJUNCTION (noun)
The noun ADVERSATIVE CONJUNCTION has 1 sense:
1. the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings
Familiarity information: ADVERSATIVE CONJUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADVERSATIVE CONJUNCTION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("adversative conjunction" is a kind of...):
conjunction (the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction)
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