conjugate
verb🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡeɪt/
(Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they conjugate | 🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪt/ 🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it conjugates | 🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪts/ 🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡeɪts/ |
| past simple conjugated | 🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle conjugated | 🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form conjugating | 🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] conjugate something
to give the different forms of a verb, as they vary according to number, person, tense, etc. （根据数、人称、时态等）列举动词的变化形式 - [intransitive]
(of a verb 动词 to have different forms, showing number, person, tense, etc. （表示数、人称、时态等）有词形变化形式 compare decline
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin conjugat- ‘yoked together’, from the verb conjugare, from con- ‘together’ + jugum ‘yoke’.