Conjugation (noun)

  1. The inflection of verbs to indicate the person, number, mood, and tense of the subject.
  2. 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:

  1. The verb "to be" has several different conjugations in English.
  2. The study of conjugation is an important part of learning a new language.
  3. The conjugation of the verb "to have" is irregular in English.
  4. The conjugation of the verb "to be" is regular in the past tense.
  5. The conjugation of the verb indicates the tense of the sentence.
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