And

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English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old English and, ond (thereupon, next) < Proto-Germanic *unda < Proto-Indo-European *anti (facing opposite, near, in front of, before).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

and

  1. Used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases.
  2. Used at the end of a list to indicate the last item.
    bread, butter and cheese
  3. Used to join sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order.
  4. Used to indicate causation.
    Ask me the definition of "and" again and I’ll scream.

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.

Synonyms

Translations

Used to connect two similar words, phrases, etc.

Used at the end of a list to indicate the last item

Used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order

Used to show causation



Danish

Noun

and

  1. duck



Estonian

Etymology

From the same Finno-Ugric root *amta as Finnish antaa and Hungarian ad

Noun

and

  1. gift



Norwegian

Noun

And c. (definite singular anda/anden; indefinite plural ender; definite plural endene)

  1. duck



Swedish

Noun

and

  1. a wild duck

Conjugations

Common
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative and anden änder änderna
Genitive ands andens änders ändernas

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

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