conjugate
verb (Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they conjugate | |
he / she / it conjugates | |
past simple conjugated | |
past participle conjugated | |
-ing form conjugating |
- [transitive] conjugate something
to give the different forms of a verb, as they vary according to number, person, tense, etc. Topics Languagec2(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. Topics Languagec2(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’.