Word definition: and

Etimology


From Middle English and, an, from Old English and, ond, end, from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“facing opposite, near, in front of, before”). Cognate with Scots an (“and”), North Frisian en (“and”), West Frisian en, in (“and”), Low German un (“and”), Dutch en (“and”), German und (“and”), Danish end (“but”), Swedish än (“yet, but”), Icelandic and Norwegian enn (“still, yet”), Albanian edhe (“and”) (dialectal ênde, ênne), ende (“still, yet, therefore”), Latin ante (“opposite, in front of”), and Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”).

conjunction


and

As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.

(heading) Expressing a condition.

(mathematics, logic) Connecting two well-formed formulas to create a new well-formed formula that requires it to only be true when both of the two formulas are true.

Examples


Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]

Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; […]

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

as for Mrs. Smith, she had claims of various kinds to recommend her quickly and permanently.

‘The UKBA has some serious explaining to do if it is routinely carrying out such abusive and unlawful inspections.’

When she saw several boys carrying a huge wooden case full of porcelain, she mumbled to Jinming that she was going to have a look, and left the room.

"Consensus is essential for the country," he said, adding that he was not "tied" to his post and was willing to step aside.

‘But if you think you can get it, Christian, you're a fool. Set one foot upcountry and I'll kill you.’

One more error and all the good work she had done on Friday would be for nought.

Romance is dead; men killed it, and made women clean up the mess.

Hee said, I goe sir, and went not.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

In Chicago these latter were receiving, for the most part, eighteen and a half cents an hour, and the unions wished to make this the general wage for the next year.

The One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

And these does she apply, for warnings and portents, / And euils imminent; and on her knee / Hath begg'd, that I will stay at home to day.

Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!

I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

He was at work in a nearby city when the tsunami struck. ‘As soon as I saw it, I called home. It rang and rang, but there was no answer.’

The word "capable" occurs in Mr. Fisher's Bill, and rightly, because our mental and physical capacities are infinitely varied.

President Pervez Musharraf is undoubtedly sincere in his belief that he, and he alone, can save Pakistan from the twin perils of terrorism and anarchy.

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps […].

‘You take it smoothly now,’ said I, ‘but you were very serious last night, when you swore it was Death.’ ‘And so I swear it is Death,’ said he, putting his pipe back in his mouth […].

‘And, Vera,’ added Mrs. Durmot, turning to her sixteen-year-old niece, ‘be careful what colour ribbon you wear in your hair […].’

Beyond paying her a few charming compliments and amusing her with gay conversation, had he done anything at all to try and gain her affection?

"What have you a been and given Pitt's wife?" said the individual in ribbons, when Pitt and Lady Jane had taken leave of the old gentleman.

Remember and help yourself to the soup! called Gavin.

Undoubtedly every party makes mistakes. But there are mistakes and mistakes.

"There are managers and there are managers," he tells me. "I'm totally involved in every aspect of Nina's career."

‘Nobody attempts to dispute that two and two make four: but with contests concerning moral truth, human passions are generally mixed […].’

‘Can you do Addition?’ the White Queen asked. ‘What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?’

"Where ys Sir Launcelot?" seyde King Arthure. "And he were here, he wolde nat grucche to do batayle for you."

Peter answered, and sayde: master, and thou be he, bidde me come unto the on the water.

"And he went slower," Mike said softly, "he go better."

I will roare you, and 'twere any Nightingale.

As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.

Related words


synonyms

(used to connect two similar words or phrases): as well as, together with, in addition to

(informal): &, 'n', +

(in artist collaborations): x

related terms

equal to

false

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nand

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noun


and (plural ands)

(music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.

Examples


The same goes for measure 42, when you begin the phrase on the and of 1, because that kind of lick can easily bog down the time.

Etimology


From Middle English ande, from Old English anda (“grudge, enmity, malice, envy, hatred, anger, zeal, annoyance, vexation; zeal; injury, mischief; fear, horror”) and Old Norse andi (“breath, wind, spirit”); both from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, anger, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with German Ahnd, And (“woe, grief”), Danish ånde (“breath”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath, wind, ingenuity, intellect”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Albanian ëndë (“pleasure, delight”), Latin animus (“spirit, soul”). Related to onde.

noun


and (plural ands)

(UK dialectal) Breath.

(UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.

Etimology


From Middle English anden, from Old English andian (“to be envious or jealous, envy”) and Old Norse anda (“to breathe”); both from Proto-Germanic *anadōną (“to breathe, sputter”). Cognate with German ahnden (“to avenge, punish”), Danish ånde (“to breathe”), Swedish andas (“to breathe”), Icelandic anda (“to breathe”). See above.

verb


and (third-person singular simple present ands, present participle anding, simple past and past participle anded)

(UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.

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