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disjunct

UK/dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/

disjunct adjective: separate; discontinuous; not connected.

Adjective

disjunct (comparative more disjunct, superlative most disjunct)

  1. Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
    Synonyms:
    disjunctive
  2. Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.

Noun

disjunct (plural disjuncts)

  1. The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
    • Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 1
  2. A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
    • […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 4
  3. One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
    • Holonym: disjunction
  4. Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
    1. An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
  5. (rare) A conjunct of 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
    Synonyms:
    conjunct

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Antonyms

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Forms of disjunct

Adjective
comparativemore disjunct
superlativemost disjunct
Noun
pluraldisjuncts

Origin of disjunct

From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”).

Words formed from disjunct

Words that rhyme with disjunct

Questions about disjunct

What does disjunct mean?
Disjunct means separate; discontinuous; not connected.
What part of speech is disjunct?
Disjunct can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce disjunct?
Disjunct is pronounced /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/ (UK).

Words near disjunct in the dictionary

  1. disjointness
  2. disjoints
  3. disjointure
  4. disjointures
  5. disjugal
  6. disjunct
  7. disjunction
  8. disjunctional
  9. disjunctionally
  10. disjunctions
  11. disjunctive

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