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con·ju·gate
conjugate
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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
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". |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
in grammar, to list systematically the inflected forms of a verb.
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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.
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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.) |
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