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Noun: conjugation  `kón-ju'gey-shun
  1. The state of being joined together
    - junction, conjunction, colligation
     
  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 conjugations of adolescents"
    - coupling, mating, pairing, union, sexual union
     
  6. The act of making or becoming a single unit
    "the conjugation of opposing factions"
    - union, unification, uniting, jointure

Derived forms: conjugations

See also: conjugate

Type of: category, class, combination, combining, compounding, family, inflection, inflexion [Brit], set, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, unification, union

Encyclopedia: Conjugation Conjugation, genetic