Definition of CONNECTIVE

connective

Meanings

Plural: connectives

Noun

  • an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
  • an instrumentality that connects
  • That which connects.
  • A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
  • A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
  • The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
  • A connective tissue.

Adjective Satellite

  • connecting or tending to connect
    • "connective remarks between chapters"
    • "connective tissue in animals"

Adj

  • Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

Origin / Etymology

For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

Scrabble Score: 17

connective is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
connective is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
connective is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

connective is a valid Words With Friends word