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GEMINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geminate mean? 

GEMINATE (noun)
  The noun GEMINATE has 1 sense:

1. a doubled or long consonantplay

  Familiarity information: GEMINATE used as a noun is very rare.


GEMINATE (verb)
  The verb GEMINATE has 4 senses:

1. form by reduplicationplay

2. occur in pairsplay

3. arrange in pairsplay

4. arrange or combine in pairsplay

  Familiarity information: GEMINATE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


GEMINATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A doubled or long consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the 'n' in 'thinness' is a geminate

Hypernyms ("geminate" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)


GEMINATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they geminate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it geminates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: geminated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: geminated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: geminating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Form by reduplication

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

geminate; reduplicate

Context example:

The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate (make or do or perform again)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Occur in pairs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

geminate; pair

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

occur (to be found to exist)

Verb group:

geminate; pair (arrange in pairs)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


Sense 3

Meaning:

Arrange in pairs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

geminate; pair

Context example:

Pair these numbers

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Verb group:

geminate; pair (occur in pairs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 4

Meaning:

Arrange or combine in pairs

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The consonants are geminated in these words

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

double; duplicate (increase twofold)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gemination (the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect))


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