conjugating

conjugating is the present participle and gerund of conjugate.

Meaning of conjugate

conjugate (third-person singular simple present conjugates, present participle conjugating, simple past and past participle conjugated)

(transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
- In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
(rare) To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
- The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 55
To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

conjugating (plural conjugatings)

conjugation
- Love language is self-plagiarism, the countless conjugatings of the verb “amo,” which weary not the wooer to speak nor the wooed to hear, so long as the sense of self is absorbed in the presence of the beloved.1893, The Atlantic, volume 72, page 430

plural	conjugatings

What does conjugating mean?: Conjugating means conjugation.
What is conjugating the present participle and gerund of?: Conjugating is the present participle and gerund of conjugate.
What part of speech is conjugating?: Conjugating is a noun.
What is the plural of conjugating?: The plural of conjugating is conjugatings.

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