conjugate

1. 1.

   unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds

   Broaderblend

   chemistry

2. 2.

   add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.

   “conjugate the verb”

   Broaderinflect
3. 3.

   undergo conjugation

   Broaderchange

   biology

1. 1.

   a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A

   Synonymsconjugate solution

   Broadersolution

Other forms of conjugate

plural

conjugates·

past tense

conjugated·

present participle

conjugating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conjugate

What does conjugate mean?

conjugate means "joined together especially in a pair or pairs". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conjugate?

conjugate has 3 syllables: con-ju-gate. The stress falls on "gate". In IPA it is /ˌkɑndʒəˈɡeɪt/.

What is another word for conjugate?

Close synonyms include conjugated, coupled, conjugated, conjugated, conjugate solution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conjugate a common word?

conjugate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with conjugate?

28 words rhyme with conjugate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.