pack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pack in sth
Participle: packed in sth
Gerund: packing in sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipack in sth
youpack in sth
he;she;itpacks in sth
wepack in sth
youpack in sth
theypack in sth

Perfect

Ihave packed in sth
youhave packed in sth
he;she;ithas packed in sth
wehave packed in sth
youhave packed in sth
theyhave packed in sth

Past

Ipacked in sth
youpacked in sth
he;she;itpacked in sth
wepacked in sth
youpacked in sth
theypacked in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad packed in sth
youhad packed in sth
he;she;ithad packed in sth
wehad packed in sth
youhad packed in sth
theyhad packed in sth

Future

Iwill pack in sth
youwill pack in sth
he;she;itwill pack in sth
wewill pack in sth
youwill pack in sth
theywill pack in sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have packed in sth
youwill have packed in sth
he;she;itwill have packed in sth
wewill have packed in sth
youwill have packed in sth
theywill have packed in sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipack in sth
youpack in sth
he;she;itpack in sth
wepack in sth
youpack in sth
theypack in sth

Perfect

Ihave packed in sth
youhave packed in sth
he;she;ithave packed in sth
wehave packed in sth
youhave packed in sth
theyhave packed in sth

Imperfect

Ipacked in sth
youpacked in sth
he;she;itpacked in sth
wepacked in sth
youpacked in sth
theypacked in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad packed in sth
youhad packed in sth
he;she;ithad packed in sth
wehad packed in sth
youhad packed in sth
theyhad packed in sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould pack in sth
youwould pack in sth
he;she;itwould pack in sth
wewould pack in sth
youwould pack in sth
theywould pack in sth

Perfect

Iwould have packed in sth
youwould have packed in sth
he;she;itwould have packed in sth
wewould have packed in sth
youwould have packed in sth
theywould have packed in sth

Imperative

youpack in sth
weLet's pack in sth
youpack in sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam packing in sth
youare packing in sth
he;she;itis packing in sth
weare packing in sth
youare packing in sth
theyare packing in sth

Perfect

Ihave been packing in sth
youhave been packing in sth
he;she;ithas been packing in sth
wehave been packing in sth
youhave been packing in sth
theyhave been packing in sth

Past

Iwas packing in sth
youwere packing in sth
he;she;itwas packing in sth
wewere packing in sth
youwere packing in sth
theywere packing in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been packing in sth
youhad been packing in sth
he;she;ithad been packing in sth
wehad been packing in sth
youhad been packing in sth
theyhad been packing in sth

Future

Iwill be packing in sth
youwill be packing in sth
he;she;itwill be packing in sth
wewill be packing in sth
youwill be packing in sth
theywill be packing in sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been packing in sth
youwill have been packing in sth
he;she;itwill have been packing in sth
wewill have been packing in sth
youwill have been packing in sth
theywill have been packing in sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be packing in sth
youwould be packing in sth
he;she;itwould be packing in sth
wewould be packing in sth
youwould be packing in sth
theywould be packing in sth

Perfect

Iwould have been packing in sth
youwould have been packing in sth
he;she;itwould have been packing in sth
wewould have been packing in sth
youwould have been packing in sth
theywould have been packing in sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pack'

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 'pack'

back, cack, dack, fack, gack, hack, jack, lack, mack, nack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to come together as a group
assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, team, team up, throng
to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
compress
bind, cram, press, stow, contract, condense
load
burden, lade

Antonyms

compress
increase, extend, spread, stretch
load
unload, disburden, disencumber, relieve

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”). See: Middle English 'pakken'.

Verbs referencing "pack"

Finnish with old forms pakata, German, old spelling packen, Xhosa pakisha, Lithuanian pakuoti.

Sample Sentences

  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hour at which we should arrive at Liverpool, may be easily imagined and readily understood. Also, how heartily we drank the captain 's health that day at dinner; and how restless we became about packing up: and how two or three of the most sanguine spirits rejected the idea of going to bed at all that night as something it was not worth while to do, so near the shore, but went nevertheless, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, Tom, ” said St. Clare, the day after he had commenced the legal formalities for his enfranchisement, “ I 'm going to make a free man of you; — so have your trunk packed, and get ready to set out for Kentuck. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Think I'll pass. Your loss. For sure. Actually, do you mind if I pack ? (That Is All)