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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. the state of being joined together;
[syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, 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;
- Example: "the casual couplings of adolescents"
- Example: "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
[syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union]

6. the act of making or becoming a single unit;
- Example: "the union of opposing factions"
- Example: "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
[syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conjugation \Con`ju*ga"tion\, n. [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).] 1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gram.) (a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections. (b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner. [1913 Webster] 4. (Biol.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conjugation n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, 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 couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union] 6: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]