AND | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: And

Speech Type: Conjunction

Etymology:

Old English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: and
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: (ə)n(d)
Dialects: British English
Definition:

used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences, that are to be taken jointly

Short Definition:

used to connect words of same part of speech, clauses, or sentences

Examples:
  • bread and butter
  • they can read and write
  • a hundred and fifty
Definition:

used to introduce an additional comment or interjection

Short Definition:

used to introduce additional comment or interjection

Examples:
  • if it came to a choice—and this was the worst thing—she would turn her back on her parents
Definition:

used after some verbs and before another verb to indicate intention, instead of ‘to’

Short Definition:

used after some verbs and before another verb to indicate intention, instead of 'to'

Examples:
  • I would try and do what he said

Word: And

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: and
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: (ə)n(d)
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if all the operands are one, and otherwise has a value of zero.

Short Definition:

Boolean operator which gives value one if and only if all operands are one, and otherwise has value of zero

Variant Forms:
  • AND

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