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The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin conjugationem (nominative conjugatio ) "a combining, connecting," noun of action from conjugare "to join together" (see conjugal ). Grammatical sense is 1520s.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The coming together of things. 2 (context biology English) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction 3 Sexual relations within marriage 4 (context grammar English) In some languages, one of several classifications ...
Wikipedia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being joined together [syn: junction , conjunction , colligation ] the inflection of verbs the complete set of inflected forms of a verb a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Hepatocellular metabolism, including conjugation , is reduced in hypothermia. ▪ It certainly demonstrates the power of conjugation and provides a definite guide for further puzzles of this type. ▪ It was the conjugation of verbs ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conjugation \Con`ju*ga"tion\, n. [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).] the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. --Bentley. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] The sixth conjugations ...
Usage examples of conjugation.
My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master.
The words denoting kindred, the pronouns, the conjugations, and the declensions, corresponded closely to those of the Tartar tribes of Siberia.
In his mind he could see himself in that wretched condition gleaming mercurial eyes, a wormlike probe bursting bloodlessly from his forehead to seek obscene conjugation with the computer.
The language is subtle and loosely regulated, with its circumlocutory word orders, its vague declensions, its doubled conjugations, both synthetic and periphrastic, with its old "story" forms mixed with formal verb patterns.
The modern Italian has been insensibly formed by the mixture of nations: the awkwardness of the Barbarians in the nice management of declensions and conjugations reduced them to the use of articles and auxiliary verbs.
It comprises time reversal T combined with interchange of antiparticles and particles, called charge conjugation C, and a mirror-reflection or inversion of space, called parity reversal P.
The language of the fictional Klingon race is actually based on real slavic language constructs, down to the last details of definite articles and verb conjugation.
This word, so formidable in their holy wars, is a verb active, (says Ockley in his index,) of the second conjugation, from Kabbara, which signifies saying Alla Acbar, God is most mighty!
She closed her eyes and tried to think about Charlie, about her battered old VW, about classical Latin verb conjugations, about solving complex integral equations.
He spent the afternoon practicing conjugations of Portuguese irregular verbs, wishing that somehow he could go back and undo the moment when he agreed to speak to the old man who had unfolded all the plans to assassinate Andreyevitch.
Nonetheless, he broke Salt down, made careful lists of declensions and conjugations and grammar.