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geminate
gem·i·nate G0073900 (jĕm′ə-nāt′)v. gem·i·nat·ed, gem·i·nat·ing, gem·i·nates v.tr.1. To double.2. To arrange in pairs.3. Linguistics To make into a geminate.v.intr.1. To occur in pairs.2. Linguistics To become a geminate.adj. (-nĭt, -nāt′) Forming a pair; doubled.n. (-nĭt, -nāt′) Linguistics A long or doubled consonant sound, such as the tt in the Italian word sotto or the nn in the English word thinness. [Latin gemināre, gemināt-, from geminus, twin.] gem′i·na′tion n.geminate adj (Botany) combined in pairs; doubled: a geminate leaf; a geminate consonant. vb to arrange or be arranged in pairs: the 't's in 'fitted' are geminated. [C17: from Latin gemināre to double, from geminus born at the same time, twin] ˈgeminately advgem•i•nate (v. ˈdʒɛm əˌneɪt; adj., n. -nɪt, -ˌneɪt) v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing, adj., n. v.t., v.i. 1. to make or become doubled or paired. adj. 2. combined or arranged in pairs; coupled. n. 3. a doubled consonant sound. [1590–1600; < Latin geminātus, past participle of gemināre to double, derivative of geminus twin] gem′i•nate•ly, adv. gem`i•na′tion, n. geminate Past participle: geminated Gerund: geminating
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geminate | geminate |
Present |
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I geminate | you geminate | he/she/it geminates | we geminate | you geminate | they geminate |
Preterite |
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I geminated | you geminated | he/she/it geminated | we geminated | you geminated | they geminated |
Present Continuous |
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I am geminating | you are geminating | he/she/it is geminating | we are geminating | you are geminating | they are geminating |
Present Perfect |
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I have geminated | you have geminated | he/she/it has geminated | we have geminated | you have geminated | they have geminated |
Past Continuous |
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I was geminating | you were geminating | he/she/it was geminating | we were geminating | you were geminating | they were geminating |
Past Perfect |
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I had geminated | you had geminated | he/she/it had geminated | we had geminated | you had geminated | they had geminated |
Future |
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I will geminate | you will geminate | he/she/it will geminate | we will geminate | you will geminate | they will geminate |
Future Perfect |
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I will have geminated | you will have geminated | he/she/it will have geminated | we will have geminated | you will have geminated | they will have geminated |
Future Continuous |
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I will be geminating | you will be geminating | he/she/it will be geminating | we will be geminating | you will be geminating | they will be geminating |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been geminating | you have been geminating | he/she/it has been geminating | we have been geminating | you have been geminating | they have been geminating |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been geminating | you will have been geminating | he/she/it will have been geminating | we will have been geminating | you will have been geminating | they will have been geminating |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been geminating | you had been geminating | he/she/it had been geminating | we had been geminating | you had been geminating | they had been geminating |
Conditional |
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I would geminate | you would geminate | he/she/it would geminate | we would geminate | you would geminate | they would geminate |
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I would have geminated | you would have geminated | he/she/it would have geminated | we would have geminated | you would have geminated | they would have geminated | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | geminate - a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel | Verb | 1. | geminate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"reduplicatelinguistics - the scientific study of languageduplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" | | 2. | geminate - occur in pairspairgeminate, pair - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"occur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" | | 3. | geminate - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"pairarrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"geminate, pair - occur in pairs | | 4. | geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" |
geminateverbTo make or become twice as great:double, duplicate, redouble, twin.adjectiveComposed of two parts or things:biform, binary, double, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, twofold.Translationsgepaardinordenenpaarpaarwijzegeminate
geminate[′jem·ə·nət] (biology) Growing in pairs or couples. geminate
geminate [jem´ĭ-nāt] paired; occurring in twos.gem·i·nate (jem'i-nāt), Occurring in pairs. Synonym(s): geminous [L. gemino, pp. -atus, to double, fr. geminus, twin] gem·i·nate (jem'i-năt) Occurring in pairs. [L. gemino, pp. -atus, to double, fr. geminus, twin]gem·i·nate (jem'i-năt) Occurring in pairs. [L. gemino, pp. -atus, to double, fr. geminus, twin]geminate
Synonyms for geminateverb to make or become twice as greatSynonyms- double
- duplicate
- redouble
- twin
adj composed of two parts or thingsSynonyms- biform
- binary
- double
- dual
- duple
- duplex
- duplicate
- twofold
Synonyms for geminatenoun a doubled or long consonantRelated Wordsverb form by reduplicationSynonymsRelated Words- linguistics
- duplicate
- reduplicate
- repeat
- replicate
- double
verb occur in pairsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb arrange in pairsSynonymsRelated Words- arrange
- set up
- geminate
- pair
verb arrange or combine in pairsRelated Words |