Conjugate Definition

kŏnjə-gāt
conjugated, conjugates, conjugating
verb
conjugated, conjugates, conjugating
To join together; unite; couple.
Webster's New World
To unite in conjugation.
Webster's New World
To conjugate a verb.
Webster's New World
To join (compounds) so that the resulting substance can be readily removed, as a toxic product in the body.
Webster's New World
To inflect (a verb) systematically, giving its different forms according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Joined together, esp. in a pair; coupled.
Webster's New World
Inversely or oppositely related with respect to one of a group of otherwise identical properties, especially designating either or both of a pair of complex numbers differing only in the sign of the imaginary term.
American Heritage

Bijugate.

Webster's New World
Related to each other by the difference of a proton: said of acids and bases.
Webster's New World
Conjugated.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
noun
Any of a set of numbers that satisfy the same irreducible polynomial.
American Heritage
A conjugate word.
Webster's New World
A conjugate point, line, quantity, etc.
Webster's New World
A chemical compound that has been formed by the joining of two or more compounds.
American Heritage Medicine
A chemically conjugated substance.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • conjugate solution

Other Word Forms of Conjugate

Noun

Singular:
conjugate
Plural:
conjugates

Origin of Conjugate

  • Latin coniugāre coniugāt- to join together com- com- iugāre to join (from iugum yoke yeug- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the participle stem of Latin coniugāre (“to yoke together”), from con- + iugāre.

    From Wiktionary

Conjugate Sentence Examples

  • The circuits in which the batterybattery P and and d being galvanometer called the ratio branches placed are called conjugate circuits, and the circuits P, Q, R, and S are called the arms of the bridge, the '44 S arms and S the measuring arm.

  • I must have been a terrible swot, getting up at 6am to conjugate my verbs.

  • Reflexive verbs are generally easy to conjugate.

  • The finished TA-NIC vaccine consists of the protein conjugate adsorbed onto aluminum hydroxide gel adjuvant in a sodium phosphate buffer containing mannitol.

  • The straight line and the line through the centre parallel to the chords are named conjugate diameters; each bisects the chords parallel to the other.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With E