and
conjunction
[ ənd ]
• used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences, that are to be taken jointly.
• "bread and butter"
Similar:
together with,
along with,
with,
as well as,
in addition to,
including,
also,
too,
besides,
furthermore,
moreover,
plus,
what's more,
• 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"
• used after some verbs and before another verb to indicate intention, instead of ‘to’.
• "I would try and do what he said"
and
noun
• a Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if all the operands are one, and otherwise has a value of zero.
Origin:
Old English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und .
-and
suffix
• (forming nouns) denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.
• "analysand"
Origin:
from Latin gerundive ending -andus .
AND
abbreviation
• Andorra (international vehicle registration).
