Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to buffer
Participle: buffered
Gerund: buffering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | buffer |
| you | buffer |
| he;she;it | buffers |
| we | buffer |
| you | buffer |
| they | buffer |
Perfect
| I | have buffered |
| you | have buffered |
| he;she;it | has buffered |
| we | have buffered |
| you | have buffered |
| they | have buffered |
Past
| I | buffered |
| you | buffered |
| he;she;it | buffered |
| we | buffered |
| you | buffered |
| they | buffered |
Pluperfect
| I | had buffered |
| you | had buffered |
| he;she;it | had buffered |
| we | had buffered |
| you | had buffered |
| they | had buffered |
Future
| I | will buffer |
| you | will buffer |
| he;she;it | will buffer |
| we | will buffer |
| you | will buffer |
| they | will buffer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buffered |
| you | will have buffered |
| he;she;it | will have buffered |
| we | will have buffered |
| you | will have buffered |
| they | will have buffered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | buffer |
| you | buffer |
| he;she;it | buffer |
| we | buffer |
| you | buffer |
| they | buffer |
Perfect
| I | have buffered |
| you | have buffered |
| he;she;it | have buffered |
| we | have buffered |
| you | have buffered |
| they | have buffered |
Imperfect
| I | buffered |
| you | buffered |
| he;she;it | buffered |
| we | buffered |
| you | buffered |
| they | buffered |
Pluperfect
| I | had buffered |
| you | had buffered |
| he;she;it | had buffered |
| we | had buffered |
| you | had buffered |
| they | had buffered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would buffer |
| you | would buffer |
| he;she;it | would buffer |
| we | would buffer |
| you | would buffer |
| they | would buffer |
Perfect
| I | would have buffered |
| you | would have buffered |
| he;she;it | would have buffered |
| we | would have buffered |
| you | would have buffered |
| they | would have buffered |
Imperative
| you | buffer |
| we | Let's buffer |
| you | buffer |
Verbs conjugated like 'buffer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'buffer'
buffet,
suffer,
bouffe,
buff,
buffle,
bugger,
buller,
bumper,
bunker,
butler,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Old French buffeder.
3. Middle English buff
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
5. Proto-Italic *-āzios
6. Latin -āriusnom.
7. Latin -āriusbor.
8. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
9. Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
10. Old English -ere
11. Middle English -ere
12. English -er
13. English buffer
14. Agent noun from obsolete verb buff (“make a dull sound when struck”) (mid-16c.), from Old French buffe (“blow”).
15. The “boatswain's mate” sense is said to be popularly explained by the mate being a “buffer”, that is intermediary, between officers and men, but various other explanations have also been proposed.
Verbs referencing "buffer"
Dutch
bufferen.
Sample Sentences
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The electronic apparatus is designed to buffer up the sorted wagons in the sidings at a speed not exceeding 4.7 m.p.h.—a particularly important provision in this yard, with its substantial traffic in whisky. [1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 274:]
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Some games let you buffer jumps—if you hold the jump button mid-air, your character will jump as soon as they touch the ground.