Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hark back to sth
Participle: harked back to sth
Gerund: harking back to sth
Indicative
Present
| I | hark back to sth |
| you | hark back to sth |
| he;she;it | harks back to sth |
| we | hark back to sth |
| you | hark back to sth |
| they | hark back to sth |
Perfect
| I | have harked back to sth |
| you | have harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | has harked back to sth |
| we | have harked back to sth |
| you | have harked back to sth |
| they | have harked back to sth |
Past
| I | harked back to sth |
| you | harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | harked back to sth |
| we | harked back to sth |
| you | harked back to sth |
| they | harked back to sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had harked back to sth |
| you | had harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | had harked back to sth |
| we | had harked back to sth |
| you | had harked back to sth |
| they | had harked back to sth |
Future
| I | will hark back to sth |
| you | will hark back to sth |
| he;she;it | will hark back to sth |
| we | will hark back to sth |
| you | will hark back to sth |
| they | will hark back to sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have harked back to sth |
| you | will have harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | will have harked back to sth |
| we | will have harked back to sth |
| you | will have harked back to sth |
| they | will have harked back to sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hark back to sth |
| you | hark back to sth |
| he;she;it | hark back to sth |
| we | hark back to sth |
| you | hark back to sth |
| they | hark back to sth |
Perfect
| I | have harked back to sth |
| you | have harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | have harked back to sth |
| we | have harked back to sth |
| you | have harked back to sth |
| they | have harked back to sth |
Imperfect
| I | harked back to sth |
| you | harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | harked back to sth |
| we | harked back to sth |
| you | harked back to sth |
| they | harked back to sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had harked back to sth |
| you | had harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | had harked back to sth |
| we | had harked back to sth |
| you | had harked back to sth |
| they | had harked back to sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hark back to sth |
| you | would hark back to sth |
| he;she;it | would hark back to sth |
| we | would hark back to sth |
| you | would hark back to sth |
| they | would hark back to sth |
Perfect
| I | would have harked back to sth |
| you | would have harked back to sth |
| he;she;it | would have harked back to sth |
| we | would have harked back to sth |
| you | would have harked back to sth |
| they | would have harked back to sth |
Imperative
| you | hark back to sth |
| we | Let's hark back to sth |
| you | hark back to sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'hark'
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 'hark'
bark,
cark,
chark,
dark,
fark,
hack,
hank,
hard,
hare,
harl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pay attention to a sound
- attend, behear, give ear, harken, lend an ear, list, listen close, mind, note, listen
- listen
- attend, hear, descry, perceive, apprehend, detect
Antonyms
- listen
- neglect, reject, refuse, shun
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”). See: Middle English '
herken', Proto-Germanic '
*hauzijaną', Frisian, Northern 'harke', Dutch '
horken', German, old spelling '
horchen'.
Verbs referencing "hark"
German, Pennsylvania
hariche, Dutch
horken.
Sample Sentences
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“ And hark ye, ” said Tom; “ we 've got correspondents in Sandusky, that watch the boats for us. I don't care if I tell, now. I hope they _will_ get away, just to spite Marks,—the cursed puppy ! — d—n him ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)