CONJUGATE

conjugate

Noun

  1. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  2. (of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
  3. More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  4. An explementary angle.
  5. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.

Verb

  1. 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' (or 'thou art'), 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
  2. To join together, unite; to juxtapose.
  3. To reproduce sexually as do some bacteria and algae, by exchanging or transferring DNA.

Adjective

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


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