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conurbate

conurbate verb: to grow, or cause to grow, together into a conurbation.

Verb

conurbate (third-person singular simple present conurbates, present participle conurbating, simple past and past participle conurbated)

  1. To grow, or cause to grow, together into a conurbation.
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Forms of conurbate

third-person singular presentconurbates
present participleconurbating
past participleconurbated
pastconurbated

Questions about conurbate

What does conurbate mean?
Conurbate means to grow, or cause to grow, together into a conurbation.
What part of speech is conurbate?
Conurbate is a verb.
What is the past tense of conurbate?
The past tense of conurbate is conurbated.

Words near conurbate in the dictionary

  1. conundrumized
  2. conundrumizes
  3. conundrumizing
  4. conundrums
  5. conurban
  6. conurbate
  7. conurbated
  8. conurbates
  9. conurbating
  10. conurbation
  11. conurbations

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