Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boilerplate
Participle: boilerplated
Gerund: boilerplating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boilerplate |
| you | boilerplate |
| he;she;it | boilerplates |
| we | boilerplate |
| you | boilerplate |
| they | boilerplate |
Perfect
| I | have boilerplated |
| you | have boilerplated |
| he;she;it | has boilerplated |
| we | have boilerplated |
| you | have boilerplated |
| they | have boilerplated |
Past
| I | boilerplated |
| you | boilerplated |
| he;she;it | boilerplated |
| we | boilerplated |
| you | boilerplated |
| they | boilerplated |
Pluperfect
| I | had boilerplated |
| you | had boilerplated |
| he;she;it | had boilerplated |
| we | had boilerplated |
| you | had boilerplated |
| they | had boilerplated |
Future
| I | will boilerplate |
| you | will boilerplate |
| he;she;it | will boilerplate |
| we | will boilerplate |
| you | will boilerplate |
| they | will boilerplate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boilerplated |
| you | will have boilerplated |
| he;she;it | will have boilerplated |
| we | will have boilerplated |
| you | will have boilerplated |
| they | will have boilerplated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boilerplate |
| you | boilerplate |
| he;she;it | boilerplate |
| we | boilerplate |
| you | boilerplate |
| they | boilerplate |
Perfect
| I | have boilerplated |
| you | have boilerplated |
| he;she;it | have boilerplated |
| we | have boilerplated |
| you | have boilerplated |
| they | have boilerplated |
Imperfect
| I | boilerplated |
| you | boilerplated |
| he;she;it | boilerplated |
| we | boilerplated |
| you | boilerplated |
| they | boilerplated |
Pluperfect
| I | had boilerplated |
| you | had boilerplated |
| he;she;it | had boilerplated |
| we | had boilerplated |
| you | had boilerplated |
| they | had boilerplated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boilerplate |
| you | would boilerplate |
| he;she;it | would boilerplate |
| we | would boilerplate |
| you | would boilerplate |
| they | would boilerplate |
Perfect
| I | would have boilerplated |
| you | would have boilerplated |
| he;she;it | would have boilerplated |
| we | would have boilerplated |
| you | would have boilerplated |
| they | would have boilerplated |
Imperative
| you | boilerplate |
| we | Let's boilerplate |
| you | boilerplate |
Verbs conjugated like 'boilerplate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'boilerplate'
copperplate,
overplate,
bookplate,
borylate,
contemplate,
gold-plate,
goldplate,
overplace,
rollerblade,
silver-plate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From boiler + plate. First use appears c. 1793 in the periodical Star.
Sample Sentences
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Any text that you have reason to use more than once can be boilerplated by simply tucking it away in a file (on disk) […] [1986, Personal Computing, volume 10, page 72:]
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Boilerplated sections should be examined for updating each time they are used. [1989, Ron Tepper, How to Write Winning Proposals for Your Company Or Client, page 236:]