Usually means: Words that link sentences, clauses.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word connectives:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. connectives: Merriam-Webster
  2. connectives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. connectives: Vocabulary.com
  4. connectives: Wordnik
  5. connectives: Wiktionary
  6. connectives: Dictionary.com
  7. Connectives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Connectives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Connectives: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Connectives: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Connectives: Medical dictionary

(Note: See connective as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (connective)

adjective:  Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
noun:  That which connects.
noun:  (logic) A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
noun:  (grammar) A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
noun:  (botany) The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
noun:  (anatomy, zoology) A connective tissue.
▸ Also see connective


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