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Past tense of conjugate

regular verb

The past tense of conjugate is conjugated. The past participle is also conjugated.

Forms of conjugate

Base form (V1)conjugate /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/
Past tense (V2)conjugated /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt.ɪd/
Past participle (V3)conjugated /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt.ɪd/
Present participleconjugating
Third person singularconjugates

Conjugated in a sentence

  • The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 55
  • Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.From the entry labile
  • Enzyme conjugated 2nd antibodies have been used by several workers to localizate antibodies in tissue sections (1).1978, S. B. Pal, Enzyme Labelled Immunoassay of Hormones and Drugs: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Enzyme Labelled…. From the entry localizate
  • The reservative form, which is conjugated throughout, has also separate causative and reciprocal bases.1906, Linguistic Survey of India - Volume 4, Part 1, page 40. From the entry reservative
  • Compensation for optical surface misfigure was provided by a phase conjugating mirror to construct a phase conjugated transmitter subsystem.1989, Bernard David Seery, Optomechanical Design of Laser Transmitters and Receivers, page 255. From the entry misfigure

Meaning of conjugate

  1. verb To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
  2. verb To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
  3. verb To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.

Full definition of conjugate

Questions about the past tense of conjugate

What is the past tense of conjugate?
The past tense of conjugate is conjugated.
What is the past participle of conjugate?
The past participle of conjugate is conjugated.
Is conjugate a regular or irregular verb?
Conjugate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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