branch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of branch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to branch out
Participle: branched out
Gerund: branching out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibranch out
youbranch out
he;she;itbranches out
webranch out
youbranch out
theybranch out

Perfect

Ihave branched out
youhave branched out
he;she;ithas branched out
wehave branched out
youhave branched out
theyhave branched out

Past

Ibranched out
youbranched out
he;she;itbranched out
webranched out
youbranched out
theybranched out

Pluperfect

Ihad branched out
youhad branched out
he;she;ithad branched out
wehad branched out
youhad branched out
theyhad branched out

Future

Iwill branch out
youwill branch out
he;she;itwill branch out
wewill branch out
youwill branch out
theywill branch out

Future Perfect

Iwill have branched out
youwill have branched out
he;she;itwill have branched out
wewill have branched out
youwill have branched out
theywill have branched out

Subjunctive

Present

Ibranch out
youbranch out
he;she;itbranch out
webranch out
youbranch out
theybranch out

Perfect

Ihave branched out
youhave branched out
he;she;ithave branched out
wehave branched out
youhave branched out
theyhave branched out

Imperfect

Ibranched out
youbranched out
he;she;itbranched out
webranched out
youbranched out
theybranched out

Pluperfect

Ihad branched out
youhad branched out
he;she;ithad branched out
wehad branched out
youhad branched out
theyhad branched out

Conditional

Present

Iwould branch out
youwould branch out
he;she;itwould branch out
wewould branch out
youwould branch out
theywould branch out

Perfect

Iwould have branched out
youwould have branched out
he;she;itwould have branched out
wewould have branched out
youwould have branched out
theywould have branched out

Imperative

youbranch out
weLet's branch out
youbranch out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam branching out
youare branching out
he;she;itis branching out
weare branching out
youare branching out
theyare branching out

Perfect

Ihave been branching out
youhave been branching out
he;she;ithas been branching out
wehave been branching out
youhave been branching out
theyhave been branching out

Past

Iwas branching out
youwere branching out
he;she;itwas branching out
wewere branching out
youwere branching out
theywere branching out

Pluperfect

Ihad been branching out
youhad been branching out
he;she;ithad been branching out
wehad been branching out
youhad been branching out
theyhad been branching out

Future

Iwill be branching out
youwill be branching out
he;she;itwill be branching out
wewill be branching out
youwill be branching out
theywill be branching out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been branching out
youwill have been branching out
he;she;itwill have been branching out
wewill have been branching out
youwill have been branching out
theywill have been branching out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be branching out
youwould be branching out
he;she;itwould be branching out
wewould be branching out
youwould be branching out
theywould be branching out

Perfect

Iwould have been branching out
youwould have been branching out
he;she;itwould have been branching out
wewould have been branching out
youwould have been branching out
theywould have been branching out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'branch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'branch'

blanch, bronch, brunch, cranch, ranch, tranch, bach, batch, beach, bench,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

divide
diverge, separate, ramify, subdivide

Antonyms

divide
combine, connect, attach, couple

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1297, "limb of a tree" (also used of things analogous to it, especially geographic features), from O.Fr. branche, from L.L. branca "a claw, paw," of unknown origin, probably Gaulish. Meaning "local office of a business" is first recorded 1817, from earlier sense of "component part of a system" (1696). The verb meaning "to diverge from a central point" is first attested 1799.
2. From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High German pranke, German Pranke (“paw”)), of unknown origin.
3. Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂. If so, then Indo-European cognates include Old Norse rá, vró (“angle, corner”), and possibly Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic рѫка (rǫka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yardwork”).
4. The verb is from Middle English braunchen, from the noun. See: Middle English 'braunchen'.

Sample Sentences

  • The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened. [1944, Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, in The House of All Sorts:]
  • They cut down a young pear-tree, branch it, and carry it home. [1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 55:]
  • His staff were 'not journalists, but Communists', he maintained. Nonetheless, in 1948 his vigorous editorship took the paper's circulation to 120,000 a day. The following year, he was 'branched' by the National Union of Journalists for an intemperate attack on Fleet Street. [2003, Paul Routledge, The Bumper Book of British Lefties, page 199:]