Conjugation

//ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The coming together of things; union. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of making or becoming a single unit wordnet
  3. 3
    The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes wordnet
  5. 5
    Sexual relations within marriage. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms wordnet
  2. 7
    In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take. countable, uncountable

    "In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]"

  3. 8
    the complete set of inflected forms of a verb wordnet
  4. 9
    The act or process of conjugating a verb. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    the inflection of verbs wordnet
  6. 11
    The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation. countable, uncountable

    "Meronym: principal parts"

  7. 12
    the state of being joined together wordnet
  8. 13
    Inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; declension. countable, form-of, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable

    "Nouns ending in a vowel other than a, which do not conform to any phonological pattern of noun conjugation, do not decline."

  9. 14
    A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.

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