coordinating conjunction
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coordinating conjunction (plural coordinating conjunctions)
- (grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. [from 1875–80[1]]
- Coordinate term: subordinating conjunction
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edit- ^ “coordinating conjunction”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.