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- used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences, that are to be taken jointly:"bread and butter" · "they can read and write" · "a hundred and fifty" · "red and black tiles"
- used to connect two clauses when the second happens after the first:"he turned around and walked out" · "she washed and dried her hair"
- used to connect two clauses, the second of which results from the first:"do that once more, and I'll skin you alive"
- connecting two identical comparatives, to emphasize a progressive change:"getting better and better" · "he felt more and more like an outsider"
- connecting two identical words, implying great duration or great extent:"I cried and cried" · "it takes hours and hours"
- 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 make ten"Similar:added toincreased bywith the addition of
- archaicused to connect two numbers, implying succession:"a line of men marching two and two"
- 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" · "they believe they are descended from him, and quite right, too"Similar:Opposite:
- 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?”"
- (especially in broadcasting) used to introduce a statement about a new topic:"and now to the dessert"
- informalused after some verbs and before another verb to indicate intention, instead of “to”:"I would try and do what he said" · "come and see me"
nounAND (noun) · ANDs (plural noun) · AND gate (noun) · AND gates (plural noun)- electronicsa 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.
OriginOld English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und. AND Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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