and

/ən(d)/

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German unti and

conjunction

  1. —used as a function word to indicate connection or addition especially of items within the same class or type—used to join sentence elements of the same grammatical rank or function

  2. —used as a function word to express logical modification, consequence, antithesis, or supplementary explanation

  3. —used as a function word to join one finite verb (such as go, come, try) to another so that together they are logically equivalent to an infinitive of purpose

noun

  1. a logical operator that requires both of two inputs to be present or two conditions to be met for an output to be made or a statement to be executed

adverb

  1. —used to emphasize the preceding idea