conjugate

  • 11conjugate — 1. Joined or paired. SYN: conjugated. 2. C. diameters of the pelvis. The distance between any two specified points on the periphery of the pelvic canal. [L. conjugatus, joined together. See conjugata] anatomical c. [TA] measure of pelvic …

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  • 12conjugate — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English conjugat, from Latin conjugatus, past participle of conjugare to unite, from com + jugare to join, from jugum yoke more at yoke Date: 15th century 1. a. joined together especially in pairs ; coupled b.… …

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  • 13conjugate — conjugable /kon jeuh geuh beuhl/, adj. conjugably, adv. conjugative, adj. conjugator, n. v. /kon jeuh gayt /; adj., n. /kon jeuh git, gayt /, v., conjugated, conjugating, adj., n. v.t. 1. Gram. a. to inflect (a verb) …

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  • 14conjugate — verb (conjugated, conjugating) –verb (t) /ˈkɒndʒəgeɪt / (say konjuhgayt) 1. Grammar a. to inflect (a verb). b. to recite or display all, or some subset of, the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: conjugate the present tense verb be as… …

  • 15conjugate — con•ju•gate v. [[t]ˈkɒn dʒəˌgeɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t]ˈkɒn dʒə gɪt, ˌgeɪt[/t]] v. gat•ed, gat•ing, adj. n. 1) gram. a) to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb) in a fixed order: to conjugate the present tense of… …

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  • 16conjugate — UK [ˈkɒndʒʊɡeɪt] / US [ˈkɑndʒəˌɡeɪt] verb Word forms conjugate : present tense I/you/we/they conjugate he/she/it conjugates present participle conjugating past tense conjugated past participle conjugated linguistics 1) [transitive] to state the… …

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  • 17conjugate — 1. verb a) To list the inflected forms of a verb for each person, in order, for one or more tenses. In English, the verb to be is conjugated as follows: I am, you are (or thou art), he/she/it is, we are, you are, they are. b) To vary in form to… …

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  • 18conjugate — verb Conjugate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑verb …

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  • 19conjugate — con|ju|gate [ˈkɔndʒugeıt US ˈka:n ] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of conjugare to unite , from com ( COM ) + jugare to join ] 1.) [I] if a verb conjugates, it has different forms to show different tenses etc ▪ The verb to …

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  • 20conjugate — [[t]kɒ̱nʤʊgeɪt[/t]] conjugates, conjugating, conjugated VERB When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order. [V n] ...a child who can read at one and is conjugating Latin verbs at four …

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