trade – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of trade

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to trade up
Participle: traded up
Gerund: trading up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itrade up
youtrade up
he;she;ittrades up
wetrade up
youtrade up
theytrade up

Perfect

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

Past

Itraded up
youtraded up
he;she;ittraded up
wetraded up
youtraded up
theytraded up

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Itrade up
youtrade up
he;she;ittrade up
wetrade up
youtrade up
theytrade up

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Itraded up
youtraded up
he;she;ittraded up
wetraded up
youtraded up
theytraded up

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtrade up
weLet's trade up
youtrade up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'trade'

grade, tirade, trace, trape, abrade, arace, arage, atrede, blade, brace,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trade or barter
exchange, barter
to mutually give and receive something
interchange
to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money
exchange, merchandise, traffic, wrixle
To trade, exchange; barter.
barter, truck
to make an agreement, deal or contract
agree, bargain, come to terms, contract, covenant, deal, do business, engage, guarantee, make terms, negotiate, promise, sell, stipulate
exchange
barter, swap, dealing, traffic, commerce, business, purchase, sale
patronize
shop, purchase, buy, sell

Additional Information

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-
3. Proto-Germanic *tradō
4. Proto-West Germanic *trudo
5. Old Saxon tradader.
6. Middle Low German tradeder.
7. Middle English trade
8. English trade
9. From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”).
10. Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”). See: Old English 'tredan'.

Verbs referencing "trade"

French trader, German, old spelling traden.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome gal once, in Orleans, as was entirely ruined by this sort o ’ handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I'll trade with you then, and make it for your advantage, ” said Mrs. Shelby. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Wal, jest so with me, ” said Haley. “ Last summer, down on Red River, I got a gal traded off on me, with a likely lookin ’ child enough, and his eyes looked as bright as yourn; but, come to look, I found him stone blind. Fact—he was stone blind. Wal, ye see, I thought there warn't no [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ How in the world can the two things be compared ? ” said Miss Ophelia. “ The English laborer is not sold, traded, parted from his family, whipped. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Lor, you did ! Be hanged if they ar’n't lucky to get shet of ye. Spects they's gwine to trade ye off with a lot o ’ cracked tea-pots and sich like ! ” said Sambo, with a provoking grin. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] proverbially, the hardest masters of slaves; the sons of the free states would not have connived at the extension of slavery, in our national body; the sons of the free states would not, as they do, trade the souls and bodies of men as an equivalent to money, in their mercantile dealings. There are multitudes of slaves temporarily owned, and sold again, by merchants in northern cities; and shall the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)