sign – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sign

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sign up
Participle: signed up
Gerund: signing up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isign up
yousign up
he;she;itsigns up
wesign up
yousign up
theysign up

Perfect

Ihave signed up
youhave signed up
he;she;ithas signed up
wehave signed up
youhave signed up
theyhave signed up

Past

Isigned up
yousigned up
he;she;itsigned up
wesigned up
yousigned up
theysigned up

Pluperfect

Ihad signed up
youhad signed up
he;she;ithad signed up
wehad signed up
youhad signed up
theyhad signed up

Future

Iwill sign up
youwill sign up
he;she;itwill sign up
wewill sign up
youwill sign up
theywill sign up

Future Perfect

Iwill have signed up
youwill have signed up
he;she;itwill have signed up
wewill have signed up
youwill have signed up
theywill have signed up

Subjunctive

Present

Isign up
yousign up
he;she;itsign up
wesign up
yousign up
theysign up

Perfect

Ihave signed up
youhave signed up
he;she;ithave signed up
wehave signed up
youhave signed up
theyhave signed up

Imperfect

Isigned up
yousigned up
he;she;itsigned up
wesigned up
yousigned up
theysigned up

Pluperfect

Ihad signed up
youhad signed up
he;she;ithad signed up
wehad signed up
youhad signed up
theyhad signed up

Conditional

Present

Iwould sign up
youwould sign up
he;she;itwould sign up
wewould sign up
youwould sign up
theywould sign up

Perfect

Iwould have signed up
youwould have signed up
he;she;itwould have signed up
wewould have signed up
youwould have signed up
theywould have signed up

Imperative

yousign up
weLet's sign up
yousign up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam signing up
youare signing up
he;she;itis signing up
weare signing up
youare signing up
theyare signing up

Perfect

Ihave been signing up
youhave been signing up
he;she;ithas been signing up
wehave been signing up
youhave been signing up
theyhave been signing up

Past

Iwas signing up
youwere signing up
he;she;itwas signing up
wewere signing up
youwere signing up
theywere signing up

Pluperfect

Ihad been signing up
youhad been signing up
he;she;ithad been signing up
wehad been signing up
youhad been signing up
theyhad been signing up

Future

Iwill be signing up
youwill be signing up
he;she;itwill be signing up
wewill be signing up
youwill be signing up
theywill be signing up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been signing up
youwill have been signing up
he;she;itwill have been signing up
wewill have been signing up
youwill have been signing up
theywill have been signing up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be signing up
youwould be signing up
he;she;itwould be signing up
wewould be signing up
youwould be signing up
theywould be signing up

Perfect

Iwould have been signing up
youwould have been signing up
he;she;itwould have been signing up
wewould have been signing up
youwould have been signing up
theywould have been signing up

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sign'

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 'sign'

sigh, sin, align, assign, big, bigg, bin, cosign, deign, design,

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English seġnian (“to mark; sign”) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin signāre (“to mark, seal, indicate, signify”); all from Latin signum (“a mark, sign”); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain. See: Latin 'signare'.

Verbs referencing "sign"

Maori haina, Swahili saini, Xhosa sayina, Zulu sayina, Thai เซ็น, Scots Gaelic soidhn.

Sample Sentences

  • If it were _your_ Harry, mother, or your Willie, that were going to be torn from you by a brutal trader, tomorrow morning,—if you had seen the man, and heard that the papers were signed and delivered, and you had only from twelve o’clock till morning to make good your escape,—how fast could _you_ walk ? How many miles could you make in those few brief hours, with the darling at [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] library is a favourable school for the study of such topics, it has very scant allusion to fine clothes, fine marriages, fine houses, or fine life. Some persons might object to the papers being signed occasionally with rather fine names, but this is an American fashion. One of the provinces of the state legislature of Massachusetts is to alter ugly names into pretty ones, as the children improve [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] alone,—a baby that had never been away from his mother in his life ! I couldn't stand it, ma’am. I knew I never should be good for anything, if they did; and when I knew the papers the papers were signed, and he was sold, I took him and came off in the night; and they chased me,—the man that bought him, and some of Mas’r's folks,—and they were coming down right behind me, and I heard ’ em. I jumped [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Why, it's a bill of sale, signed by John Fosdick, ” said the man, “ making over to you the girl Lucy and her child. It's all straight enough, for aught I see. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • I was very much interested in looking over a number of treaties made from time to time with the poor Indians, signed by the different chiefs at the period of their ratification, and preserved in the office of the Secretary to the Commonwealth. These signatures, traced of course by their own hands, are rough [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] faith, and quibble out of forms and bonds. I wonder, too, how many times the credulous Big Turtle, or trusting Little Hatchet, had put his mark to treaties which were falsely read to him; and had signed away, he knew not what, until it went and cast him loose upon the new possessors of the land, a savage indeed. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • As each one took their gift, Miss Ophelia, who was apprehensive for the effect of all this excitement on her little patient, signed to each one to pass out of the apartment. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] I 'm in the hands of a Yankee, there is nothing for it but to concede; ” and St. Clare rapidly wrote off a deed of gift, which, as he was well versed in the forms of law, he could easily do, and signed his name to it in sprawling capitals, concluding by a tremendous flourish. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)