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COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conjunction (like 'and' or 'or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("coordinating conjunction" is a kind of...):
conjunction; conjunctive; connective; continuative (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("coordinating conjunction" is a kind of...):
conjunction (the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction)
