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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
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