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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ju•ga•tion /ˌkɑndʒəˈgeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Grammarthe set of forms of a verb or the display of these in order.
con•ju•ga•tion•al, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ju•ga•tion (kon′jə gā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Grammar
- the inflection of verbs.
- the whole set of inflected forms of a verb or the recital or display thereof in a fixed order:The conjugation of the Latin verbamo begins amō, amas, amat.
- a class of verbs having similar sets of inflected forms:the Latin second conjugation.
- an act of joining:a conjugation of related ideas.
- the state of being joined together;
union; conjunction. - Microbiology[Biol.]
- the reproductive process in ciliate protozoans in which two organisms of different mating types exchange nuclear material through a temporary area of fusion.
- temporary union or permanent fusion as a form of sexual reproduction in certain algae and fungi, the male gametes of one organism uniting with female gametes of the other.
- a temporary union of two bacteria, in Escherichia and related groups, in which genetic material is transferred by migration of a plasmid, either solitary or as part of a chromosome, from one bacterium, the donor, to the other, the recipient;
sometimes also including the transfer of resistance to antibiotics.
- Late Latin conjugātiōn- (stem of conjugātiō), equivalent. to conjugāt(us) (see conjugate) + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-French)
- late Middle English conjugacion (1400–50
con′ju•ga′tion•al, adj. con′ju•ga′tion•al•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: conjugation /ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/ n - inflection of a verb for person, number, tense, voice, mood, etc
- the complete set of the inflections of a given verb
- a joining, union, or conjunction
- a type of sexual reproduction in ciliate protozoans involving the temporary union of two individuals and the subsequent migration and fusion of the gametic nuclei
- (in bacteria) the direct transfer of DNA between two cells that are temporarily joined
- the union of gametes, esp isogametes, as in some algae and fungi
- the pairing of chromosomes in the early phase of a meiotic division
- the existence of alternating double or triple bonds in a chemical compound, with consequent electron delocalization over part of the molecule
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