Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to searchlight
Participle: searchlighted
Gerund: searchlighting
Indicative
Present
| I | searchlight |
| you | searchlight |
| he;she;it | searchlights |
| we | searchlight |
| you | searchlight |
| they | searchlight |
Perfect
| I | have searchlighted |
| you | have searchlighted |
| he;she;it | has searchlighted |
| we | have searchlighted |
| you | have searchlighted |
| they | have searchlighted |
Past
| I | searchlighted |
| you | searchlighted |
| he;she;it | searchlighted |
| we | searchlighted |
| you | searchlighted |
| they | searchlighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had searchlighted |
| you | had searchlighted |
| he;she;it | had searchlighted |
| we | had searchlighted |
| you | had searchlighted |
| they | had searchlighted |
Future
| I | will searchlight |
| you | will searchlight |
| he;she;it | will searchlight |
| we | will searchlight |
| you | will searchlight |
| they | will searchlight |
Future Perfect
| I | will have searchlighted |
| you | will have searchlighted |
| he;she;it | will have searchlighted |
| we | will have searchlighted |
| you | will have searchlighted |
| they | will have searchlighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | searchlight |
| you | searchlight |
| he;she;it | searchlight |
| we | searchlight |
| you | searchlight |
| they | searchlight |
Perfect
| I | have searchlighted |
| you | have searchlighted |
| he;she;it | have searchlighted |
| we | have searchlighted |
| you | have searchlighted |
| they | have searchlighted |
Imperfect
| I | searchlighted |
| you | searchlighted |
| he;she;it | searchlighted |
| we | searchlighted |
| you | searchlighted |
| they | searchlighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had searchlighted |
| you | had searchlighted |
| he;she;it | had searchlighted |
| we | had searchlighted |
| you | had searchlighted |
| they | had searchlighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would searchlight |
| you | would searchlight |
| he;she;it | would searchlight |
| we | would searchlight |
| you | would searchlight |
| they | would searchlight |
Perfect
| I | would have searchlighted |
| you | would have searchlighted |
| he;she;it | would have searchlighted |
| we | would have searchlighted |
| you | would have searchlighted |
| they | would have searchlighted |
Imperative
| you | searchlight |
| we | Let's searchlight |
| you | searchlight |
Verbs conjugated like 'searchlight'
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 'searchlight'
backlight,
dehighlight,
alight,
aright,
backsight,
befright,
behight,
belight,
daylight,
delight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From search + light. Compare West Frisian sykljocht (“searchlight”), Dutch zoeklicht (“searchlight”), Danish søgelys (“searchlight”), Swedish sökarljus (“searchlight”). See: Danish '
søgelys'.
Sample Sentences
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A dozen air corps of fireflies searchlighted the spot for an instant. [1937, L. Ron Hubbard, All Frontiers Are Jealous:]