Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to encore
Participle: encored
Gerund: encoring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | encore |
| you | encore |
| he;she;it | encores |
| we | encore |
| you | encore |
| they | encore |
Perfect
| I | have encored |
| you | have encored |
| he;she;it | has encored |
| we | have encored |
| you | have encored |
| they | have encored |
Past
| I | encored |
| you | encored |
| he;she;it | encored |
| we | encored |
| you | encored |
| they | encored |
Pluperfect
| I | had encored |
| you | had encored |
| he;she;it | had encored |
| we | had encored |
| you | had encored |
| they | had encored |
Future
| I | will encore |
| you | will encore |
| he;she;it | will encore |
| we | will encore |
| you | will encore |
| they | will encore |
Future Perfect
| I | will have encored |
| you | will have encored |
| he;she;it | will have encored |
| we | will have encored |
| you | will have encored |
| they | will have encored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | encore |
| you | encore |
| he;she;it | encore |
| we | encore |
| you | encore |
| they | encore |
Perfect
| I | have encored |
| you | have encored |
| he;she;it | have encored |
| we | have encored |
| you | have encored |
| they | have encored |
Imperfect
| I | encored |
| you | encored |
| he;she;it | encored |
| we | encored |
| you | encored |
| they | encored |
Pluperfect
| I | had encored |
| you | had encored |
| he;she;it | had encored |
| we | had encored |
| you | had encored |
| they | had encored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would encore |
| you | would encore |
| he;she;it | would encore |
| we | would encore |
| you | would encore |
| they | would encore |
Perfect
| I | would have encored |
| you | would have encored |
| he;she;it | would have encored |
| we | would have encored |
| you | would have encored |
| they | would have encored |
Imperative
| you | encore |
| we | Let's encore |
| you | encore |
Verbs conjugated like 'encore'
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 'encore'
encode,
engore,
core,
decore,
encage,
encase,
encave,
encise,
encite,
enclose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense. See: French '
encore'.
Sample Sentences
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to encore a performer
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to encore a song
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In youth we encore the sentiment, 'Oh, bless my country, Heaven! he said, and died:' but, as we advance in life, we think, 'How weak it is to pity Cato's case, Who might have lived, and had a handsome place!' [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Allusion to the Past”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 49:]
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They encored with a cover of the Beatles' “Blackbird,” “The Bigger You Love” in 1970, and “Ha Ha Ha” in early '71. [2011, Bill Dahl, Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs, page 304:]
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Truly unbelievable. Left us all gasping for breath, and wanting more. I think they encored twice, but twenty encores would have been too few. [2011, Smitty Herron, Music's Golden Frontier:]