Conjugation
(noun)
- The inflection of verbs to indicate the person, number, mood, and tense of the subject.
- The set of all forms of a verb that are created by inflection.
Origin:
From the latin conjugatio, from conjugare, meaning "to join together".
Examples:
- The verb "to be" has several different conjugations in English.
- The study of conjugation is an important part of learning a new language.
- The conjugation of the verb "to have" is irregular in English.
- The conjugation of the verb "to be" is regular in the past tense.
- The conjugation of the verb indicates the tense of the sentence.