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noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
  • General-American: /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N JH AH0 G EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The coming together of things; a union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Sexual relations within marriage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The act or process of conjugating a verb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Meronym: principal parts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A mapping sending x to gxg−1, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

the act of making or becoming a single unit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the union of opposing factions
  • he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: union, unification, uniting, jointure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: combination, combining, compounding

Narrower terms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination, reunion, reunification, tribalization, tribalisation, umbrella

12

noun

Meaning 12

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the casual couplings of adolescents
  • the mating of some species occurs only in the spring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coupling, mating, pairing, union, sexual union

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity

Narrower terms: assortative mating, disassortative mating, hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing, inbreeding, servicing, service

13

noun

Meaning 13

a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: class, category, family

14

noun

Meaning 14

the complete set of inflected forms of a verb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

15

noun

Meaning 15

the inflection of verbs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflection, inflexion

16

noun

Meaning 16

the state of being joined together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: junction, conjunction, colligation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: union, unification

Narrower terms: anastomosis, inosculation, synapse

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съединя́ване (sǎedinjávane) — coming together of things
  • Bulgarian: съедине́ние (sǎedinénie) — coming together of things
  • Czech: spojování — coming together of things
  • Dutch: conjugatie — coming together of things
  • Finnish: yhdistyminen — coming together of things
  • Greek: σύζευξη (sýzefxi) — coming together of things
  • Greek: συζυγία (syzygía) — coming together of things
  • Icelandic: samkoma — coming together of things
  • Indonesian: konjugasi — coming together of things
  • Japanese: 結合 (ketsugō) — coming together of things
  • Japanese: 接合 (setsugō) — coming together of things
  • Japanese: 連結 (renketsu) — coming together of things
  • Ligurian: coniogaçión — coming together of things
  • Polish: połączenie — coming together of things
  • Portuguese: conjunção — coming together of things
  • Portuguese: junção — coming together of things
  • Portuguese: união — coming together of things
  • Portuguese: conjugação — coming together of things
  • Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — coming together of things
  • Spanish: conjunción — coming together of things
  • Tagalog: pagsasama — coming together of things
  • Tagalog: pagkakaisa — coming together of things
  • Thai: การผันคํากริยา — coming together of things
  • Bulgarian: конюга́ция (konjugácija) — fusion of organisms
  • Czech: konjugace — fusion of organisms
  • Czech: spájení — fusion of organisms
  • Finnish: yhdyntä — fusion of organisms
  • Finnish: yhtyminen — fusion of organisms
  • Greek: σύζευξη (sýzefxi) — fusion of organisms
  • Greek: συζυγία (syzygía) — fusion of organisms
  • Irish: comhchuingiú — fusion of organisms
  • Japanese: 接合 (setsugō) — fusion of organisms
  • Japanese: 結合 (ketsugō) — fusion of organisms
  • Polish: koniugacja — fusion of organisms
  • Portuguese: união — fusion of organisms
  • Russian: конъюга́ция (konʺjugácija) — fusion of organisms
  • Serbo-Croatian: конјуга́ција — fusion of organisms
  • Serbo-Croatian: konjugácija — fusion of organisms
  • Tagalog: pagkakaisa — fusion of organisms
  • Turkish: konjugasyon — fusion of organisms
  • Arabic: تَصْرِيف (taṣrīf) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Arabic: تَصْرِيف فِعْل (taṣrīf fiʕl) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Armenian: խոնարհում (xonarhum) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Azerbaijani: təsrif — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Belarusian: спражэ́нне (spražénnje) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Belarusian: спражэ́ньне (spražénʹnje) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Breton: displegadur — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Bulgarian: спреже́ние (sprežénie) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Catalan: conjugació — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 變位 /变位 (biànwèi) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動詞變化 /动词变化 (dòngcí biànhuà) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Czech: časování — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Danish: konjugation — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Danish: bøjning — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Dutch: vervoeging — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Estonian: pööramine — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Estonian: konjugatsioon — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Finnish: konjugaatio — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • French: conjugaison — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Galician: conxugación — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Georgian: უღვლილება (uɣvlileba) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • German: Konjugation — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Greek: συζυγία (syzygía) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Ancient Greek: συζυγία (suzugía) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Hungarian: igeragozás — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Hungarian: igeragozási típus — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Icelandic: beyging — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Irish: réimniú — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Italian: coniugazione — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Japanese: 活用 (katsuyō) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Kazakh: жіктелу (jıktelu) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Kazakh: жіктеу (jıkteu) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Korean: 활용 (hwaryong) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Kyrgyz: жакталыш (jaktalış) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Latvian: konjugācija — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Ligurian: coniogaçión — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Lithuanian: konjugacija — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Lithuanian: asmenuotė — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Low German: Konjugatschoon — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Macedonian: конјугација (konjugacija) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Malay: konjugasi — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Malay: tasrif — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Mongolian: үйл үгийн ялгал (üjl ügiin jalgal) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Norman: conjudgaison — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bøyning — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bøying — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konjugasjon — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bøying — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konjugasjon — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Occitan: conjugason — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Iranian Persian: تَصْریف (tasrif) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Iranian Persian: تَصْریفِ فِعْل (tasrif-e fe'l) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Iranian Persian: صَرْف (sarf) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Polish: koniugacja — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Portuguese: conjugação — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Romanian: conjugare — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Romansh: conjugaziun — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Russian: спряже́ние (sprjažénije) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Serbo-Croatian: конјуга́ција — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Serbo-Croatian: konjugácija — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Slovak: časovanie — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Slovene: konjugacija — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Spanish: conjugación — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Swedish: konjugation — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Swedish: böjning — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Tagalog: sabanghay — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Tajik: тасрифкунӣ (tasrifkuni) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Tajik: тасриф (tasrif) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Turkish: çekim — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Turkish: tasrif — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Ukrainian: дієвідмі́на (dijevidmína) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Urdu: صَرْف (sarf) — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Uzbek: tuslanish — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Vietnamese: chia động từ — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Welsh: cyfunedd — in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
  • Albanian: zgjedhim — act of conjugating a verb
  • Arabic: اِقْتِرَان (iqtirān) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Arabic: تَصْرِيف فِعْل (taṣrīf fiʕl) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Aragonese: conchugación — act of conjugating a verb
  • Armenian: խոնարհում (xonarhum) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Azerbaijani: təsrif — act of conjugating a verb
  • Belarusian: спражэ́нне (spražénnje) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Belarusian: спражэ́ньне (spražénʹnje) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Bulgarian: спряга́не (sprjagáne) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Bulgarian: спреже́ние (sprežénie) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Chechen: хийцар (xiı̇car) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 變位 /变位 (biànwèi) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動詞變化 /动词变化 (dòngcí biànhuà) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Czech: časování — act of conjugating a verb
  • Czech: konjugace — act of conjugating a verb
  • Czech: ohýbání — act of conjugating a verb
  • Danish: konjugation — act of conjugating a verb
  • Danish: verbbøjning — act of conjugating a verb
  • Danish: bøjning — act of conjugating a verb
  • Dutch: vervoeging — act of conjugating a verb
  • Dutch: conjugatie — act of conjugating a verb
  • Esperanto: konjugacio — act of conjugating a verb
  • Estonian: konjugatsioon — act of conjugating a verb
  • Faroese: bending — act of conjugating a verb
  • Fijian: veitaratara — act of conjugating a verb
  • Finnish: taivuttaminen — act of conjugating a verb
  • Finnish: taivutus — act of conjugating a verb
  • French: conjugaison — act of conjugating a verb
  • Georgian: უღვლილება (uɣvlileba) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Georgian: უღლება (uɣleba) — act of conjugating a verb
  • German: Konjugation — act of conjugating a verb
  • Greek: κλίση (klísi) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Hebrew: הַטָּיָה (hatayá) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Hebrew: נְטִיָּה (n'tiyá) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Hungarian: igeragozás — act of conjugating a verb
  • Icelandic: sagnbeyging — act of conjugating a verb
  • Icelandic: persónubeyging sagna — act of conjugating a verb
  • Icelandic: beyging — act of conjugating a verb
  • Indonesian: konjugasi — act of conjugating a verb
  • Indonesian: tasrif — act of conjugating a verb
  • Irish: réimniú — act of conjugating a verb
  • Italian: coniugazione — act of conjugating a verb
  • Japanese: 活用 (katsuyō) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Kazakh: жіктелу (jıktelu) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Kazakh: жіктеу (jıkteu) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Korean: 활용 (hwaryong) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Kyrgyz: жакталыш (jaktalış) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Latin: coniugātiō — act of conjugating a verb
  • Latvian: konjugācija — act of conjugating a verb
  • Lithuanian: konjugacija — act of conjugating a verb
  • Low German: Konjugatschoon — act of conjugating a verb
  • Macedonian: конјугација (konjugacija) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Norman: conjudgaison — act of conjugating a verb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bøyning — act of conjugating a verb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bøying — act of conjugating a verb
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bøying — act of conjugating a verb
  • Iranian Persian: تَصْریف (tasrif) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Iranian Persian: تَصْریفِ فِعْل (tasrif-e fe'l) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Iranian Persian: صَرْف (sarf) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Polish: koniugacja — act of conjugating a verb
  • Portuguese: conjugação — act of conjugating a verb
  • Romanian: conjugare — act of conjugating a verb
  • Russian: спряже́ние (sprjažénije) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: конјуга́ција — act of conjugating a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: спре́за̄ње — act of conjugating a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: konjugácija — act of conjugating a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: sprézānje — act of conjugating a verb
  • Slovak: časovanie — act of conjugating a verb
  • Slovene: konjugacija — act of conjugating a verb
  • Spanish: conjugación — act of conjugating a verb
  • Swedish: konjugation — act of conjugating a verb
  • Swedish: böjning — act of conjugating a verb
  • Swedish: konjugering — act of conjugating a verb
  • Tagalog: pagbabanghay — act of conjugating a verb
  • Tajik: тасрифкунӣ (tasrifkuni) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Tajik: тасриф (tasrif) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Turkish: çekim — act of conjugating a verb
  • Ukrainian: дієвідмі́на (dijevidmína) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Uzbek: tuslanish — act of conjugating a verb
  • Vietnamese: chia động từ — act of conjugating a verb
  • Welsh: rhediad — act of conjugating a verb
  • Yiddish: קאָניוגאַציע (konyugatsye) — act of conjugating a verb
  • Danish: verbbøjning — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Danish: konjugation — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Finnish: taivutuskaava — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Finnish: taivutus — conjugated forms of a verb
  • French: conjugaison — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Norman: conjudgaison — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Polish: koniugacja — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Portuguese: conjugação — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Portuguese: forma verbal — conjugated forms of a verb
  • Spanish: conjugación — conjugated forms of a verb
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