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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ju•gate /ˈkɑndʒəˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -gat•ed, -gat•ing. - Grammarto display the forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: To conjugate the present tense of the verb be we gave the following: am, is, are.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ju•gate (v. kon′jə gāt′;adj., n. kon′jə git, -gāt′),USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj., n. v.t. - Grammar
- to inflect (a verb).
- to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order:One conjugates the present tense of the verb "be'' as "I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.''
- to join together, esp. in marriage.
v.i. - Developmental Biology[Biol.]to unite;
to undergo conjugation. - Grammarto be characterized by conjugation:The Latin verbesse does not conjugate in the passive voice.
adj. - joined together, esp. in a pair or pairs;
coupled. - Botany(of a pinnate leaf ) having only one pair of leaflets.
- Grammar(of words) having a common derivation.
- Library Science, Literature[Bibliog.](of two leaves in a book) forming one sheet.
- Mathematics
- (of two points, lines, etc.) so related as to be interchangeable in the enunciation of certain properties.
- Mathematics(of an element) so related to a second element of a group that there exists a third element of the group that, multiplying one element on the right and the other element on the left, results in equal elements.
- Mathematics(of two complex numbers) differing only in the sign of the imaginary part.
- Chemistry
- of or noting two or more liquids in equilibrium with one another.
- (of an acid and a base) related by the loss or gain of a proton:NH3 is a base conjugate to NH4⁺. NH4⁺ is an acid conjugate to NH3.
- Also, con′ju•gat′ed. (of an organic compound) containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond.
n. - Grammarone of a group of conjugate words.
- Mathematics
- either of two conjugate points, lines, etc.
- MathematicsAlso called con′jugate com′plex num′ber. either of a pair of complex numbers of the type a + bi and a - bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is imaginary.
- Latin conjugātus (past participle of conjugāre to yoke together), equivalent. to con- con- + jug(um) yoke + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English (adjective, adjectival) 1425–75
con•ju•ga•ble (kon′jə gə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. con′ju•ga•bly, adv. con′ju•ga′tive, adj. con′ju•ga′tor, n. |