transitive to state the different forms a verb can have, for example according to the number of people it refers to and whether it refers to the present, past, or future
Synonyms and related words
The grammatical behaviour of words
agreement
agree with
backshift
2
intransitive if a verb conjugates, it has different forms
Today we learn how the verb ‘to be’ conjugates.
Synonyms and related words
The grammatical behaviour of words
agreement
agree with
backshift
conjugate
verblinguistics
US /ˈkɑndʒəˌɡeɪt/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
conjugate
he/she/it
conjugates
present participle
conjugating
past tense
conjugated
past participle
conjugated
DEFINITIONS2
1
transitive to state the different forms a verb can have, for example according to the number of people it refers to and whether it refers to the present, past, or future
Synonyms and related words
The grammatical behavior of words
agree with
backshift
cataphora
2
intransitive if a verb conjugates, it has different forms