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conjugate

con·ju·gate

conjugate

 
pronunciation:
kan j geIt
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun
features:
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: conjugates, conjugating, conjugated
definition: in grammar, to list systematically the inflected forms of (a verb).
The teacher asked the class to conjugate the verb "be".
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition 1: in grammar, to list systematically the inflected forms of a verb.
definition 2: in biology, to unite or join.
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part of speech: adjective
definition: of or relating to words having the same derivation.
 
part of speech: noun
definition: in grammar, any one of a group or pair of conjugate words.
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derivations: conjugable (adj.), conjugative (adj.), conjugably (adv.), conjugator (n.)