Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stagger
Participle: staggered
Gerund: staggering
Indicative
Present
| I | stagger |
| you | stagger |
| he;she;it | staggers |
| we | stagger |
| you | stagger |
| they | stagger |
Perfect
| I | have staggered |
| you | have staggered |
| he;she;it | has staggered |
| we | have staggered |
| you | have staggered |
| they | have staggered |
Past
| I | staggered |
| you | staggered |
| he;she;it | staggered |
| we | staggered |
| you | staggered |
| they | staggered |
Pluperfect
| I | had staggered |
| you | had staggered |
| he;she;it | had staggered |
| we | had staggered |
| you | had staggered |
| they | had staggered |
Future
| I | will stagger |
| you | will stagger |
| he;she;it | will stagger |
| we | will stagger |
| you | will stagger |
| they | will stagger |
Future Perfect
| I | will have staggered |
| you | will have staggered |
| he;she;it | will have staggered |
| we | will have staggered |
| you | will have staggered |
| they | will have staggered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stagger |
| you | stagger |
| he;she;it | stagger |
| we | stagger |
| you | stagger |
| they | stagger |
Perfect
| I | have staggered |
| you | have staggered |
| he;she;it | have staggered |
| we | have staggered |
| you | have staggered |
| they | have staggered |
Imperfect
| I | staggered |
| you | staggered |
| he;she;it | staggered |
| we | staggered |
| you | staggered |
| they | staggered |
Pluperfect
| I | had staggered |
| you | had staggered |
| he;she;it | had staggered |
| we | had staggered |
| you | had staggered |
| they | had staggered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stagger |
| you | would stagger |
| he;she;it | would stagger |
| we | would stagger |
| you | would stagger |
| they | would stagger |
Perfect
| I | would have staggered |
| you | would have staggered |
| he;she;it | would have staggered |
| we | would have staggered |
| you | would have staggered |
| they | would have staggered |
Imperative
| you | stagger |
| we | Let's stagger |
| you | stagger |
Verbs conjugated like 'stagger'
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 'stagger'
swagger,
bestagger,
dagger,
snigger,
stage,
stammer,
stranger,
anger,
auger,
badger,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra (“to push, stagger”). Cognate with dialectal Danish stagre. See: Middle English '
stakeren', Danish '
stagre'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] place with my specific, and was about to administer it with many consolatory expressions to the nearest sufferer, what was my dismay to see them all roll slowly down to the other end ! And when I staggered to that end, and held out the glass once more, how immensely baffled were my good intentions by the ship giving another lurch, and their all rolling back again ! I suppose I dodged them up and down [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] where they are taken with the hood on, as they were brought in. When they get outside the gate, they stop, and look first one way and then the other; not knowing which to take. Sometimes they stagger as if they were drunk, and sometimes are forced to lean against the fence, they 're so bad:—but they clear off in course of time. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)