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US /ænd/ UK /ˈænd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like end /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #7

Meanings

1

conj
Used to join two words, phrases, or sentences that are taken together.

I bought some bread and milk at the shop.
2

conj
Used to show that one thing happens after another.

She opened the door and walked inside.

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Synonyms

Opposites

anunand

Word family

Derived forms xand

Related forms false ififfimpliesnandnor not or truexor

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Idioms (74)

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bright and early
at the very start of the morning
alive and kicking
still healthy, active, or functioning despite age or difficulty
cost an arm and a leg
To be extremely expensive.
kiss and make up
to reconcile and become friendly again after an argument
live and let live
to accept other people's choices without trying to control them
one and the same
exactly the same person or thing, despite appearing to have two identities

Tongue twisters (4)

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Amidst the Mists
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts.

Work slowly through the final consonants in mists, wrists, fists and ghosts. Keep the final /s/ audible without inserting a vowel into th...
Betty Botter
Betty Botter bought some butter. “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter; If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter; But a bit of better butter Will but make my batter better.” So she bought a bit of butter Better than the bitter butter, And made her bitter batter better. So it was better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter.

Compare the vowels in bit, better, batter and butter while keeping /b/ steady. Use your normal accent for the middle consonant of Betty, ...
How Much Wood
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck could and would chuck wood? He’d chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would If a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.

Alternate the rounded /w/ with the short stop-and-release of /tʃ/. Wood, would and could share /ʊ/; chuck and much use /ʌ/ in many Englis...
Rough and Rugged Rocks
Around the rough and rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.

Repeat rough and rugged, then ragged rascal, before joining the sentence. Keep the initial /ɹ/ consistent and distinguish the vowels of r...

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Germanic *andi Old English and Middle English and English and Inherited 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 än (“and”), Saterland Frisian un (“and”), West Frisian en (“and”), Dutch en, ende (“and”), German und (“and”), German Low…

*h₂en- Proto-Indo-European and Old English *andi Proto-Germanic *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European

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# and

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** conj
**IPA (US):** /ænd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈænd/
**Frequency rank:** 7

## Meanings
1. Used to join two words, phrases, or sentences that are taken together.
2. Used to show that one thing happens after another.

## Examples
- I bought some bread and milk at the shop.
- She opened the door and walked inside.

## Synonyms
- x

## Antonyms
- anu
- nand

## Derived Forms
- xand

## Related Forms
- false
- if
- iff
- implies
- nand
- nor
- not
- or
- true
- xor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂en-
- Root: and
- Root: *andi
- Root: *h₂énti

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Germanic *andi Old English and Middle English and English and Inherited 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 än (“and”), Saterland Frisian un (“and”), West Frisian en (“and”), Dutch en, ende (“and”), German und (“and”), German Low…

## AI Etymology
And is inherited 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”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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