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geminate
gem·i·nate G0073900 (jĕm′ə-nāt′)v. gem·i·nat·ed, gem·i·nat·ing, gem·i·nates v.tr.1. To double.2. To arrange in pairs.3. Linguistics To make into a geminate.v.intr.1. To occur in pairs.2. Linguistics To become a geminate.adj. (-nĭt, -nāt′) Forming a pair; doubled.n. (-nĭt, -nāt′) Linguistics A long or doubled consonant sound, such as the tt in the Italian word sotto or the nn in the English word thinness.
[Latin gemināre, gemināt-, from geminus, twin.]
gem′i·na′tion n.geminate adj (Botany) combined in pairs; doubled: a geminate leaf; a geminate consonant. vb to arrange or be arranged in pairs: the 't's in 'fitted' are geminated. [C17: from Latin gemināre to double, from geminus born at the same time, twin] ˈgeminately advgem•i•nate (v. ˈdʒɛm əˌneɪt; adj., n. -nɪt, -ˌneɪt)
v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing,
adj., n. v.t., v.i. 1. to make or become doubled or paired. adj. 2. combined or arranged in pairs; coupled. n. 3. a doubled consonant sound. [1590–1600; < Latin geminātus, past participle of gemināre to double, derivative of geminus twin] gem′i•nate•ly, adv. gem`i•na′tion, n. geminate
Past participle: geminated
Gerund: geminating
| Imperative |
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| geminate | | geminate |
| Present |
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| I geminate | | you geminate | | he/she/it geminates | | we geminate | | you geminate | | they geminate |
| Preterite |
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| I geminated | | you geminated | | he/she/it geminated | | we geminated | | you geminated | | they geminated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am geminating | | you are geminating | | he/she/it is geminating | | we are geminating | | you are geminating | | they are geminating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have geminated | | you have geminated | | he/she/it has geminated | | we have geminated | | you have geminated | | they have geminated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was geminating | | you were geminating | | he/she/it was geminating | | we were geminating | | you were geminating | | they were geminating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had geminated | | you had geminated | | he/she/it had geminated | | we had geminated | | you had geminated | | they had geminated |
| Future |
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| I will geminate | | you will geminate | | he/she/it will geminate | | we will geminate | | you will geminate | | they will geminate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have geminated | | you will have geminated | | he/she/it will have geminated | | we will have geminated | | you will have geminated | | they will have geminated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be geminating | | you will be geminating | | he/she/it will be geminating | | we will be geminating | | you will be geminating | | they will be geminating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been geminating | | you have been geminating | | he/she/it has been geminating | | we have been geminating | | you have been geminating | | they have been geminating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been geminating | | you will have been geminating | | he/she/it will have been geminating | | we will have been geminating | | you will have been geminating | | they will have been geminating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been geminating | | you had been geminating | | he/she/it had been geminating | | we had been geminating | | you had been geminating | | they had been geminating |
| Conditional |
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| I would geminate | | you would geminate | | he/she/it would geminate | | we would geminate | | you would geminate | | they would geminate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have geminated | | you would have geminated | | he/she/it would have geminated | | we would have geminated | | you would have geminated | | they would have geminated |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | geminate - a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel | | Verb | 1. | geminate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"reduplicatelinguistics - the scientific study of languageduplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" | | 2. | geminate - occur in pairspairgeminate, pair - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"occur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" | | 3. | geminate - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"pairarrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"geminate, pair - occur in pairs | | 4. | geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" |
geminateverbTo make or become twice as great:double, duplicate, redouble, twin.adjectiveComposed of two parts or things:biform, binary, double, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, twofold.Translationsgepaardinordenenpaarpaarwijzegeminate
geminate[′jem·ə·nət] (biology) Growing in pairs or couples. geminate
geminate [jem´ĭ-nāt] paired; occurring in twos.gem·i·nate (jem'i-nāt), Occurring in pairs. Synonym(s): geminous [L. gemino, pp. -atus, to double, fr. geminus, twin] gem·i·nate (jem'i-năt) Occurring in pairs. [L. gemino, pp. -atus, to double, fr. geminus, twin]gem·i·nate (jem'i-năt) Occurring in pairs. [L. gemino, pp. -atus, to double, fr. geminus, twin]geminate
Synonyms for geminateverb to make or become twice as greatSynonyms- double
- duplicate
- redouble
- twin
adj composed of two parts or thingsSynonyms- biform
- binary
- double
- dual
- duple
- duplex
- duplicate
- twofold
Synonyms for geminatenoun a doubled or long consonantRelated Wordsverb form by reduplicationSynonymsRelated Words- linguistics
- duplicate
- reduplicate
- repeat
- replicate
- double
verb occur in pairsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb arrange in pairsSynonymsRelated Words- arrange
- set up
- geminate
- pair
verb arrange or combine in pairsRelated Words |