conjugation

Meanings

Plural: conjugations

Noun

• the state of being joined together
• 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 purposes
• the act of making or becoming a single unit
• The coming together of things; union.
• The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
• Sexual relations within marriage
• In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
• The act or process of conjugating a verb.
• The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
• Inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; declension.
• A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
• A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism
• A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation

Synonyms

colligation, conjunction, coupling, jointure, junction, mating, pairing, sexual union, unification, union, uniting

Antonyms

disunion

Related Words

conjugate, flection, flexion, inflection, inflexion