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conjugate

/ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ UK
/ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ Canada, US
/ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡæɪt/ Australia
/ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ UK
/ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ Canada, US
/ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ Australia

Where it comes from

The adjective (as “combined, united”) and noun are first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; partly from Middle English conjugat(e) (“combined, united”), partly directly borrowed from New Latin coniugātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin coniugō (“to yoke together, combine; (New Latin) to conjugate, decline, inflect”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“to join”). In Classical Latin, the word for conjugate (grammar) was dēclīnō, coniugō is a later back-formation from post-classical coniugātiō (“conjugation, declension”).

verb conjugates · conjugating · conjugated

transitive To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts. In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
rare To join together, to unite; to juxtapose. The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.
of bacteria and algae To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

noun conjugates

Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
of a complex number A complex conjugate.
More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
of an element of an extension field Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
A type of pelvic measurement.
An explementary angle.
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.
A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together

adjective

not comparable United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. Some of the most widely-applied Gresley features will doubtless long remain a subject of controversy among locomotive engineers, and in particular his patent conjugate valve-motion for 3-cylinder engines, whereby the piston-valve of the middle cylinder derives its motion from the two outside Walscha
Similar: paired · Opposite: dysconjugate
not comparable In single pairs; coupled.
not comparable Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
not comparable Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
not comparable Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

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Every language

verb to inflect (a verb) for each person

Español	conjugar
中文	變位 /变位 biànwèi
Português	conjugar
Français	conjuguer
Deutsch	konjugieren
Italiano	coniugare
Ελληνικά	κλίνω klíno, κλίνομαι [passive] klínomai
Română	conjuga
Русский	спряга́ть sprjagátʹ, проспряга́ть prosprjagátʹ, спряга́ться sprjagátʹsja, проспряга́ться prosprjagátʹsja
Tiếng Việt	chia động từ
עברית	הִטָּה hitá

noun entity formed by joining smaller ones

Português	conjugado
Русский	объедине́ние obʺjedinénije

noun math: explementary angle

Italiano	esplementare

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@misc{conjugate_2026,
  title = {conjugate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conjugate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}