And
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English
| Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg. | ||||||
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| N/A | the | of | #3: and | to | in | I |
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Etymology
From Middle English < Old English and, ond (thereupon, next) < Proto-Germanic *unda < Proto-Indo-European *anti (facing opposite, near, in front of, before).
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Pronunciation
- (stressed) ănd, /ænd/, /{nd/
- Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (US)?, file
- (unstressed) ən(d), /ən(d)/, /@n(d)/
- Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (US)?, file The unstressed and as part of the phrase "ham and eggs".
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Conjunction
and
- Used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases.
- Used at the end of a list to indicate the last item.
- bread, butter and cheese
- Used to join sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order.
- Used to indicate causation.
- Ask me the definition of "and" again and I’ll scream.
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Usage note
- Beginning a sentence with and or any other conjunction is considered incorrect by classical grammarians, but use of the word in this way is very common. It is however best to avoid beginning a sentence with and in formal writing.
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Synonyms
- (used to connect two similar words or phrases): as well as, together with, in addition to
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Translations
Used to connect two similar words, phrases, etc.
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Used at the end of a list to indicate the last item
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Used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order
Used to show causation
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Danish
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Noun
and
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Estonian
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Etymology
From the same Finno-Ugric root *amta as Finnish antaa and Hungarian ad
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Noun
and
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Norwegian
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Noun
And c. (definite singular anda/anden; indefinite plural ender; definite plural endene)
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Swedish
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Noun
and
- a wild duck
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Conjugations
| Common | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | and | anden | änder | änderna |
| Genitive | ands | andens | änders | ändernas |
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See also
et:and el:and fr:and gl:and ko:and io:and id:and it:and la:and hu:and ja:and no:and pl:and pt:and sr:and fi:and sv:and vi:and uk:and zh:and