Conjugation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the state of being joined together

the inflection of verbs

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊɾəmiɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/kˌɒndʒuːɡˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˌɒndʒuːɡˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊɾəmiɚ/.

Examples

the casual couplings of adolescents
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
the union of opposing factions

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

disunion

Parts of Speech

noun	the state of being joined together
noun	the inflection of verbs
noun	the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
noun	a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
noun	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes “the casual couplings of adolescents”
noun	the act of making or becoming a single unit “the union of opposing factions”

Word Forms

colligate	verb	make a logical or causal connection
conjugate	verb	add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.
couple	verb	engage in sexual intercourse
mate	verb	engage in sexual intercourse
pair	verb	engage in sexual intercourse
unite	verb	become one
unify	verb	act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
join	verb	be or become joined or united or linked

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Konjugation

der Zustand des Zusammengefügtseins

🇫🇷French

conjugaison

l'état d'être unis

🇪🇸Spanish

conjugación

el estado de estar unidos

🇮🇹Italian

coniugazione

lo stato di essere uniti

🇳🇱Dutch

conjugatie

de staat van samenzijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

conjugação

o estado de estar unido

🇷🇺Russian

спряжение

состояние соединения воедино

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विकार

एक साथ जुड़े होने की अवस्था या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

সংযোজন

একসাথে যোগদানের অবস্থা

🇮🇳Tamil

இணைத்தல்

ஒன்றாக இணைந்த நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

సంయోగం

కలిసి చేరిన స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

संयुग्मन

एकत्र सामील होण्याची स्थिती

🇮🇳Gujarati

જોડાણ

સાથે જોડાવાની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಯೋಗ

ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സംയോജനം

ഒരുമിച്ച് ചേരുന്ന അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਜੋਗ

ਇਕੱਠੇ ਜੁੜਨ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

جوڑ

ایک ساتھ شامل ہونے کی حالت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

共轭

连在一起的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

活用

結合した状態

🇰🇷Korean

활용

하나로 합쳐진 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự chia động từ

trạng thái được nối với nhau

🇹🇭Thai

การผันคำกริยา

สถานะของการรวมเข้าด้วยกัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

konjugasi

keadaan disatukan

🇵🇭Filipino

banghay

ang estado ng pinagsama-sama

🇲🇾Malay

konjugasi

keadaan disatukan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اقتران

حالة الانضمام معا

🇮🇷Persian

صرف

حالت به هم پیوستن

🇹🇷Turkish

çekim

bir arada olma durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

נְטִיָה

מצב החיבור יחד

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