buy – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of buy

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to buy back
Participle: bought back
Gerund: buying back

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of buy

Indicative

Present

Ibuy back
youbuy back
he;she;itbuys back
webuy back
youbuy back
theybuy back

Perfect

Ihave bought back
youhave bought back
he;she;ithas bought back
wehave bought back
youhave bought back
theyhave bought back

Past

Ibought back
youbought back
he;she;itbought back
webought back
youbought back
theybought back

Pluperfect

Ihad bought back
youhad bought back
he;she;ithad bought back
wehad bought back
youhad bought back
theyhad bought back

Future

Iwill buy back
youwill buy back
he;she;itwill buy back
wewill buy back
youwill buy back
theywill buy back

Future Perfect

Iwill have bought back
youwill have bought back
he;she;itwill have bought back
wewill have bought back
youwill have bought back
theywill have bought back

Subjunctive

Present

Ibuy back
youbuy back
he;she;itbuy back
webuy back
youbuy back
theybuy back

Perfect

Ihave bought back
youhave bought back
he;she;ithave bought back
wehave bought back
youhave bought back
theyhave bought back

Imperfect

Ibought back
youbought back
he;she;itbought back
webought back
youbought back
theybought back

Pluperfect

Ihad bought back
youhad bought back
he;she;ithad bought back
wehad bought back
youhad bought back
theyhad bought back

Conditional

Present

Iwould buy back
youwould buy back
he;she;itwould buy back
wewould buy back
youwould buy back
theywould buy back

Perfect

Iwould have bought back
youwould have bought back
he;she;itwould have bought back
wewould have bought back
youwould have bought back
theywould have bought back

Imperative

youbuy back
weLet's buy back
youbuy back

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam buying back
youare buying back
he;she;itis buying back
weare buying back
youare buying back
theyare buying back

Perfect

Ihave been buying back
youhave been buying back
he;she;ithas been buying back
wehave been buying back
youhave been buying back
theyhave been buying back

Past

Iwas buying back
youwere buying back
he;she;itwas buying back
wewere buying back
youwere buying back
theywere buying back

Pluperfect

Ihad been buying back
youhad been buying back
he;she;ithad been buying back
wehad been buying back
youhad been buying back
theyhad been buying back

Future

Iwill be buying back
youwill be buying back
he;she;itwill be buying back
wewill be buying back
youwill be buying back
theywill be buying back

Future Perfect

Iwill have been buying back
youwill have been buying back
he;she;itwill have been buying back
wewill have been buying back
youwill have been buying back
theywill have been buying back

Conditional

Present

Iwould be buying back
youwould be buying back
he;she;itwould be buying back
wewould be buying back
youwould be buying back
theywould be buying back

Perfect

Iwould have been buying back
youwould have been buying back
he;she;itwould have been buying back
wewould have been buying back
youwould have been buying back
theywould have been buying back

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'buy'

againbuy, buy, overbuy, underbuy, abuy, forbuy, forebuy, outbuy, prebuy, rebuy,

Verbs similar to 'buy'

abuy, bay, boy, bub, bud, bug, bum, bun, buoy, bury,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to pay for
aby
obtain (something) in exchange for money
acquire, purchase, shop
accept as true
take on
to receive goods or services in exchange for money
aby, cheap, procure, purchase, snap up
purchase
get, take, procure, acquire, market
bribe
suborn, corrupt, hire

Antonyms

obtain (something) in exchange for money
sell, vend
to take something that does not belong to one
earn, purchase, receive, return, steal
to exchange goods or services without involving money
sell, barter
to receive goods or services in exchange for money
barter, pay, sell, steal
to provide goods or services in exchange for money
barter, sell
to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it
lend, return, take, borrow
to give money, or other compensation, in exchange for goods or services
default, discharge, earn, levant, repudiate, steal, pay, waive, welsh

Additional Information

Cf. Old English bycgan.

Etymology

1. From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”).
2. Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands. See: Middle English 'byen', Proto-Germanic '*bugjaną', Scots 'buy', Dutch 'beugen', Old Saxon 'buggian'.

Verbs referencing "buy"

Sranan bai.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] as soon have one of my own children sold. But really, Eliza, you are getting altogether too proud of that little fellow. A man can't put his nose into the door, but you think he must be coming to buy him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ To Canada, ” said he, straightening himself up; “ and when I 'm there, I'll buy you; that's all the hope that's left us. You have a kind master, that won't refuse to sell you. I'll buy you and the boy; — God helping me, I will ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] where old Aunt Sally got her new red headkerchief, and how “ Missis was a going to give Lizzy that spotted muslin gown, when she'd got her new berage made up; ” and how Mas’r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt, that was going to prove an addition to the glories of the place. A few of the worshippers belonged to families hard by, who had got permission to attend, and who brought in [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] hurriedly and abstractedly fingering her gold watch,—“I haven't any jewelry of any amount, ” she added, thoughtfully; “ but would not this watch do something ? — it was an expensive one, when it was bought. If I could only at least save Eliza's child, I would sacrifice anything I have. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] as I am not aware that any worse consequence ensued, than a sudden looking-up of all the parasols and silk stockings in the market; and perhaps the bankruptcy of some speculative New Englander who bought them all up at any price, in expectation of a demand that never came; I set no great store by the circumstance. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] horses trot along, drawing a score or two of people and a great wooden ark, with ease. The stores are poorer here; the passengers less gay. Clothes ready-made, and meat ready-cooked, are to be bought in these parts; and the lively whirl of carriages is exchanged for the deep rumble of carts and waggons. These signs which are so plentiful, in shape like river buoys, or small balloons, hoisted by [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ The gal's no matter of mine,—she's Shelby 's; it's only the boy. I was a fool for buying the monkey ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] I knew I never should be good for anything, if they did; and when I knew the papers the papers were signed, and he was sold, I took him and came off in the night; and they chased me,—the man that bought him, and some of Mas’r's folks,—and they were coming down right behind me, and I heard ’ em. I jumped right on to the ice; and how I got across, I don't know,—but, first I knew, a man was helping me [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and oppressed. At last, one day, John's great heart had swelled altogether too big to wear his bonds any longer; so he just took his pocket-book out of his desk, and went over into Ohio, and bought a quarter of a township of good, rich land, made out free papers for all his people,—men, women, and children,—packed them up in wagons, and sent them off to settle down; and then honest John turned [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • We stopped to dine at Baltimore, and being now in Maryland, were waited on, for the first time, by slaves. The sensation of exacting any service from human creatures who are bought and sold, and being, for the time, a party as it were to their condition, is not an enviable one. The institution exists, perhaps, in its least repulsive and most mitigated form in such a town as [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • No more bending over. The Queen of Sheba. Say you already bought it ? Well, I paid down on it. (Sweet Dreams)
  • and then she bought the rights after the play to option and do the movie. Isn't it tough to take something from the stage (Faye)
  • You bought his wretched car when Chera was dying to take revenge on Linga (Magudam)