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Definition of 'conjugate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) conjugate
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 the verb be.

2.  conjugate
to inflect (a verb).

3.  conjugate
to join together, esp. in marriage.

4. (v.i.) conjugate
Biol. to unite; to undergo conjugation.

5.  conjugate
(of a verb) to be characterized by conjugation.

6. (adj.) conjugate
joined together, esp. in a pair or pairs; coupled.

7.  conjugate
(of words) having a common derivation.

8.  conjugate
Math.

9.  conjugate
(of two points, lines, etc.) so related as to be interchangeable in the enunciation of certain properties.

10.  conjugate
(of two complex numbers) differing only in the sign of the imaginary part.

11.  conjugate
(of an acid and a base) related by the loss or gain of a proton: NH

12. (n.) conjugate
one of a group of conjugate words.

13.  conjugate
Math.

14.  conjugate
either of two conjugate points, lines, etc.

15.  conjugate
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.

Etymology: (1425–75; late ME (adj.) < LL conjugātus, ptp. of conjugāre to unite (L: to join in marriage))

Definition of 'conjugate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) conjugate solution, conjugate
a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A

2. (adj) conjugate, conjugated, coupled
joined together especially in a pair or pairs

3. (adj) conjugate
(of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets

4. (adj) conjugate, conjugated
formed by the union of two compounds
"a conjugated protein"

5. (verb) conjugate, conjugated
of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond

6. (verb) conjugate
unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds

7. (verb) conjugate
add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.
"conjugate the verb"

8. (verb) conjugate
undergo conjugation

Definition of 'conjugate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) conjugate
united in pairs; yoked together; coupled

2. (adj) conjugate
in single pairs; coupled

3. (adj) conjugate
containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one

4. (adj) conjugate
agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words

5. (adj) conjugate
presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc

6. (noun) conjugate
a word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification

7. (noun) conjugate
a complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical

8. (verb) conjugate
to unite in marriage; to join

9. (verb) conjugate
to inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons

10. (verb) conjugate
to unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals

Translation of 'conjugate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to give the different parts of (a verb).
Afrikaans: vervoeg	Arabic: يُصَرِّف (فِعلا)	Bulgarian: грам. спрягам
Brazilian: conjugar	Czech: časovat	German: konjugieren
Danish: bøje; konjugere	Greek: κλίνω (γραμμ.)	Spanish: conjugar
Estonian: pöörama	Farsi: صرف کردن	Finnish: konjugoida
French: conjuguer	Hebrew: לְהָטוֹת	Hindi: विवाह होना, संयुक्त होना,
Croatian: spajati se, konjugirati,	Hungarian: ragoz	Indonesian: menasrifkan
Icelandic: beygja	Italian: coniugare	Japanese: 動詞を活用させる
Korean: (동사) 활용변화시키다	Lithuanian: asmenuoti	Latvian: locīt (darbības vārdu)
Malay: berkonjugat	Dutch: vervoegen	Norwegian: bøye
Polish: odmieniać	Persian: صرف کردن	Pashto: جوړه كول (لكه نر او ښځه)،
Portuguese: conjugar	Romanian: a conjuga	Russian: спрягать
Slovak: časovať	Slovenian: spregati	Serbian: konjugovati
Swedish: konjugera, böja	Thai: ผัน (กริยา)	Turkish: çekmek
Taiwanese: 列舉動詞的詞形變化	Ukrainian: відмінювати	Urdu: گردان كرنا
Vietnamese: chiađộng từ	Chinese: 列举动词的变化形式
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