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COORDINATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction
Example:
'and' in 'John and Mary' or in 'John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is 'or' in 'will you go or stay?'
Synonyms:
coordinating; coordinative
Classified under:
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))