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I ənd Show Repeated Conjunction Bre Bread Butter

Word and
WordType (conjunction)
Phonetic BrE / ənd / NAmE / ənd /
Example
  • bread and butter
  • a table, two chairs and a desk
  • sue and i left early.
  • do it slowly and carefully.
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(conjunction)BrE / ənd / NAmE / ənd /
  1. also; in addition to
    • bread and butter
    • a table, two chairs and a desk
    • Sue and I left early.
    • Do it slowly and carefully.
    • Can he read and write?
    • I cooked lunch. And I made a cake. (= you are emphasizing how much you have done)
    • a knife and fork
    • my father and mother
    • a knife and a spoon
    • my father and my uncle
  2. added to
    • synonym plus1
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    • 5 and 5 makes 10.
    • What's 47 and 16?
    • 2 264—two thousand, two hundred and sixty-four
    • 1964—nineteen sixty-four
  3. then; following this
    • She came in and took her coat off.
  4. used before a verb instead of to, to show purpose
    • Go and get me a pen please.
    • I'll come and see you soon.
    • We stopped and bought some bread.
    • Try and finish quickly.
  5. used to introduce a comment or a question
    • ‘We talked for hours.’ ‘And what did you decide?’
  6. as a result
    • Miss another class and you'll fail.
  7. used between repeated words to show that something is repeated or continuing
    • He tried and tried but without success.
    • The pain got worse and worse.
  8. used between repeated words to show that there are important differences between things or people of the same kind.
    • I like city life but there are cities and cities.

    Word Origin

    • Old English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und.
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