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English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin coniug?re (“to yoke together”), from con- (“with”) +? iug?re (“join, bind, connect”).

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?nd???e?t/

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?nd????t/

Verb

conjugate (third-person singular simple present conjugates, present participle conjugating, simple past and past participle conjugated)

1. (grammar, transitive) To inflect (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', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.

2. (mathematics) To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
3. (rare) To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 55:

     The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.

4. (biology, of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

Hypernyms

• inflect

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See also

• decline

Noun

conjugate (plural conjugates)

1. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
2. (algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
3. (algebra) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
4. (algebra, field theory, of an element of an extension field) Given a field extension L / K and an element ? ? L, any other element ? ? L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of ? over K.
5. (mathematics) An explementary angle.
6. (grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
   • 17th c, John Bramhall,

     We have learned in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.

7. (immunology) A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together

Translations

Adjective

conjugate (not comparable)

1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

   Antonym: dysconjugate

2. (botany) In single pairs; coupled.
3. (chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
4. (grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
5. (mathematics) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Related terms

• conjugal

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English

Etymology

From Old French conjonction, from Latin coni?ncti? (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d???k??n/
• Hyphenation: con?junc?tion
• Rhymes: -??k??n

Noun

conjunction (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctions)

1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

   Synonyms: connection, union

2. (grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.
3. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.

   Hyponyms: grand conjunction, great conjunction, inferior conjunction, superior conjunction, topocentric conjunction

4. (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
5. (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ? (${\displaystyle \land }$) operator.

   Coordinate term: disjunction

   Meronyms: conjunct, logical connective

6. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation

Related terms

• conjugate
• conjunctive normal form
• conjunctive

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Further reading

• conjunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia