What does "conjugation" mean?
The coming together of things; union.
Conjugation
/ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The coming together of things; union.
- Grammar: conjugation is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: abutment, abuttal, accidence, addition.
- Useful contrasts: localized electrons, nonconjugation, uninflected form.
- Usage evidence: Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The coming together of things; union. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of making or becoming a single unit wordnet
- 3 The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction. countable, uncountable
- 4 the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes wordnet
- 5 Sexual relations within marriage. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms wordnet
- 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[…]"
- 8 the complete set of inflected forms of a verb wordnet
- 9 The act or process of conjugating a verb. countable, uncountable
- 10 the inflection of verbs wordnet
- 11 The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation. countable, uncountable
"Meronym: principal parts"
- 12 the state of being joined together wordnet
- 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."
- 14 A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds. countable, uncountable
- 15 A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism. countable, uncountable
- 16 A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation. countable, uncountable
Antonyms
Example
"Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "conjugation"?
Common synonyms include: abutment, abuttal, accidence, addition, adjacency, adjoiningness.
How do you use "conjugation" in a sentence?
Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.
How do you pronounce "conjugation"?
Pronounced /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.