conjugation

Meanings

• verb

  The act or process of inflecting a verb or other word form for tense, mood, voice, aspect, or person.

  - "He conjugates the verb 'to be' in the present tense."
  - "To form the past tense of regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form and conjugate the verb 'to eat' as 'ate'."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with conjugation
jugate , frigate , mate , create

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Variants

List of all variants of conjugation that leads to same result
conjugation , conjugational , conjugationally , conjugations

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Forms

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present tense: conjugate, past tense: conjugated, past participle: conjugated

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Etymology

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From the Latin conjugare 'to join together', from com- 'together' + jugare 'to yoke'.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the word 'conjugation' comes from the Latin 'conjugare', which means 'to join together'?

2. In mathematics, a conjugate of a complex number is another complex number that, when multiplied by the original number, results in a real number.

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Related Concepts

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1. inflection: The process of modifying a word to indicate its grammatical function in a sentence.

2. mood: The form of a verb that indicates the speaker's attitude or the condition of the action.

3. tense: The form of a verb that indicates the time at which the action takes place.

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Culture

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In literature, 'conjugation' is used metaphorically to refer to the pairing of characters in a relationship. In music, a 'conjugate chord' is a chord formed by inverting the intervals of another chord.

How to Memorize "conjugation"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a verb like 'to be' and visualize the different forms it takes when conjugated: 'am', 'are', 'is', 'were', 'have been', etc.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the present tense form of a verb with the first person singular pronoun 'I' and the past tense form with the third person singular pronoun 'he/she/it'. For example, 'I am' versus 'He is'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic sentence to help remember the different forms of a verb. For example, 'A big elephant can always remember I am, are, is, was, have been, had been'.

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