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conurbating

conurbating is the present participle and gerund of conurbate.

Meaning of conurbate

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.
    • The two will never conurbate, grow together like the myriad municipalities of Los Angeles, [...]2013, Alex Shoumatoff, Legends of the American Desert: Sojourns in the Greater Southwest, Knopf, →ISBN

Questions about conurbating

What is conurbating the present participle and gerund of?
Conurbating is the present participle and gerund of conurbate.

Words near conurbating in the dictionary

  1. conundrums
  2. conurban
  3. conurbate
  4. conurbated
  5. conurbates
  6. conurbating
  7. conurbation
  8. conurbations
  9. conurbia
  10. conurbias
  11. conure

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