1. a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
Usage: grammar
2. the action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time
3. an alignment of two planets or other celestial objects so that they appear to be in the same direction as viewed from earth
Usage: astronomy

Examples

• The word ‘and’ is a conjunction that connects two ideas.
• In the sentence ‘I like cats but not dogs,’ the word ‘but’ is a conjunction.
• The conjunction of heavy rain and strong winds caused flooding.
• By a strange conjunction of events, we both arrived at the same time.
• The conjunction of Mars and Venus will be visible tonight.
• Astronomers predicted the planetary conjunction would occur in December.