conjugation

noun

the act of making or becoming a single unit

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

the complete set of inflected forms of a verb

the inflection of verbs

the state of being joined together

Roots

iugumjug- · Latin · yoke

Synonyms for conjugation

couplingn conjunctionn declensionn inflectionn

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Where does conjugation come from?

The word conjugation breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root jug-, from Latin iugum (“yoke”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.