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   /and/

   conjunction

   • 1. used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences, that are to be taken jointly: "bread and butter"
   • ▪ used to connect two clauses when the second refers to something that happens after the first: "he turned round and walked out"
   • ▪ used to connect two clauses, the second of which refers to something that results from the first: "there was a flash flood and by the next morning the town was under water"
   • ▪ connecting two identical comparatives, to emphasize a progressive change: "getting better and better"
   • ▪ connecting two identical words, implying great duration or great extent: "I cried and cried"
   • ▪ used to connect two identical words to indicate that things of the same name or class have different qualities: "all human conduct is determined or caused—but there are causes and causes"
   • ▪ used to connect two numbers to indicate that they are being added together: "six and four makes ten"
   • ▪ used to connect two numbers, implying succession: archaic "a line of men marching two and two"
   • 2. used to introduce an additional comment or interjection: "if it came to a choice—and this was the worst thing—she would turn her back on her parents"
   • ▪ used to introduce a question in connection with what someone else has just said: "‘I found the letter in her bag.’ ‘And did you steam it open?’"
   • ▪ used to introduce a statement about a new topic: "and now to the dessert"
   • 3. used after some verbs and before another verb to indicate intention, instead of ‘to’: informal "I would try and do what he said"

   noun

   • 1. a Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if all the operands are one, and otherwise has a value of zero.
   • ▪ a circuit which produces an output signal only when signals are received simultaneously through all input connections.

   Word Origin Old Englishand, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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   Browse. And definition: (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover. See examples of AND used in a sentence.

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