Meaning & use
conjugate
To give the different grammatical forms of a verb, showing changes such as tense, person, and number.
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Students practiced how to conjugate irregular verbs like 'to be' in the past tense.
She conjugated the French verb correctly but forgot the accent on the final letter.
A note on using this word
Conjugation applies specifically to verbs; changing the forms of nouns and adjectives is instead called 'declension' in many languages.
Words with a similar meaning
inflect
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