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coordinand

coordinand noun: a conjunct or disjunct; either term of a conjunctive conjunction or a disjunctive conjunction.

Noun

coordinand (plural coordinands)

  1. (rare) A conjunct or disjunct; either term of a conjunctive conjunction or a disjunctive conjunction.
    • In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive...2019, Roberto Zamparelli, “Coordination”, in De Gruyter, Mouton, pages 135-170
    • In this analysis, the Coord category matches any syntactic head; and all conjuncts (sometimes called “coordinands”) agree with this type, including argument structures to the left and right that are being coordinated.[2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 89
    Synonyms:
    conjunct

Synonyms of coordinand

Forms of coordinand

pluralcoordinands

Questions about coordinand

What does coordinand mean?
Coordinand means a conjunct or disjunct; either term of a conjunctive conjunction or a disjunctive conjunction.
What part of speech is coordinand?
Coordinand is a noun.
What is the plural of coordinand?
The plural of coordinand is coordinands.

Words near coordinand in the dictionary

  1. coordigrams
  2. coordinability
  3. coordinable
  4. coordinance
  5. coordinances
  6. coordinand
  7. coordinands
  8. coordinate
  9. coordinate axes
  10. coordinate axis
  11. coordinate bond

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