Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to officer
Participle: officered
Gerund: officering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | officer |
| you | officer |
| he;she;it | officers |
| we | officer |
| you | officer |
| they | officer |
Perfect
| I | have officered |
| you | have officered |
| he;she;it | has officered |
| we | have officered |
| you | have officered |
| they | have officered |
Past
| I | officered |
| you | officered |
| he;she;it | officered |
| we | officered |
| you | officered |
| they | officered |
Pluperfect
| I | had officered |
| you | had officered |
| he;she;it | had officered |
| we | had officered |
| you | had officered |
| they | had officered |
Future
| I | will officer |
| you | will officer |
| he;she;it | will officer |
| we | will officer |
| you | will officer |
| they | will officer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have officered |
| you | will have officered |
| he;she;it | will have officered |
| we | will have officered |
| you | will have officered |
| they | will have officered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | officer |
| you | officer |
| he;she;it | officer |
| we | officer |
| you | officer |
| they | officer |
Perfect
| I | have officered |
| you | have officered |
| he;she;it | have officered |
| we | have officered |
| you | have officered |
| they | have officered |
Imperfect
| I | officered |
| you | officered |
| he;she;it | officered |
| we | officered |
| you | officered |
| they | officered |
Pluperfect
| I | had officered |
| you | had officered |
| he;she;it | had officered |
| we | had officered |
| you | had officered |
| they | had officered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would officer |
| you | would officer |
| he;she;it | would officer |
| we | would officer |
| you | would officer |
| they | would officer |
Perfect
| I | would have officered |
| you | would have officered |
| he;she;it | would have officered |
| we | would have officered |
| you | would have officered |
| they | would have officered |
Imperative
| you | officer |
| we | Let's officer |
| you | officer |
Verbs conjugated like 'officer'
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 'officer'
office,
offer,
affeer,
affile,
affine,
coffer,
defiber,
efface,
flicker,
flier,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er.
Sample Sentences
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Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over. [1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:]
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The regular battalions of the regiment, though officered mainly by Anglo-Welshmen of county families, did not normally contain more than about one Welshman in fifty in the ranks. [1929, Robert Graves, chapter 10, in Good-Bye to All That, London: Jonathan Cape, page 115:]
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[A]t least a quarter of those who fought and died in the Great War were prosperous with spacious homes, and to this class belonged nearly all who had ordered and officered the carnage. [1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 306:]