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con·ju·ga·tion

UK/ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ US/ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.
2.

the inflection of verbs

3.

the complete set of inflected forms of a verb

4.

a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

5.

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

  • “the casual couplings of adolescents”
  • “the mating of some species occurs only in the spring”
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6.

the act of making or becoming a single unit

  • “the union of opposing factions”
  • “he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.

Phrases

  • periphrastic conjugation

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