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• conjugate — [kän′jə gət; ] also, and for v.always [, kän′jəgāt΄] adj. [ME conjugat < L conjugatus, pp. of conjugare, to join together < com , together + jugare, to join < jugum,YOKE] 1. joined together, esp. in a pair; coupled 2. Bot. BIJUGATE 3.… …   English World dictionary

• conjugate — verb technical 1 (I) if a verb conjugates, it has different grammatical forms to show different tenses etc: The verb to go conjugates irregularly. 2 (T) if you conjugate a verb, you state the different grammatical forms that it can have …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• verb — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plural, singular ▪ intransitive, transitive ▪ active, passive ▪ irregular, regular …   Collocations dictionary

• conjugate — con|ju|gate [ˈkɔndʒugeıt US ˈka:n ] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of conjugare to unite , from com ( COM ) + jugare to join ] 1.) [I] if a verb conjugates, it has different forms to show different tenses etc ▪ The verb to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• conjugate — [[t]kɒ̱nʤʊgeɪt[/t]] conjugates, conjugating, conjugated VERB When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order. [V n] ...a child who can read at one and is conjugating Latin verbs at four …   English dictionary

• verb — noun (C) a word or group of words that is used to describe an action, experience, or state, for example come , see , be , put on : to conjugate a verb see also: auxiliary verb, phrasal verb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• conjugate — verb (conjugated, conjugating) –verb (t) /ˈkɒndʒəgeɪt / (say konjuhgayt) 1. Grammar a. to inflect (a verb). b. to recite or display all, or some subset of, the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: conjugate the present tense verb be as… …  

• conjugate — ► VERB 1) give the different forms of (a verb). 2) (of bacteria or unicellular organisms) become temporarily united in order to exchange genetic material. ► ADJECTIVE 1) technical joined or related as a pair. 2) Biology (of gametes) fused. ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

• conjugate — verb Conjugate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑verb …   Collocations dictionary

• conjugate — verb kɒndʒʊgeɪt 1》 Grammar give the different forms of (a verb). 2》 Biology (of bacteria or unicellular organisms) become temporarily united in order to exchange genetic material.     ↘(of gametes) fuse. 3》 Chemistry be combined with or joined to …   English new terms dictionary

• Conjugate — Con ju*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conjugated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conjugating}.] 1. To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English