Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to understate
Participle: understated
Gerund: understating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | understate |
| you | understate |
| he;she;it | understates |
| we | understate |
| you | understate |
| they | understate |
Perfect
| I | have understated |
| you | have understated |
| he;she;it | has understated |
| we | have understated |
| you | have understated |
| they | have understated |
Past
| I | understated |
| you | understated |
| he;she;it | understated |
| we | understated |
| you | understated |
| they | understated |
Pluperfect
| I | had understated |
| you | had understated |
| he;she;it | had understated |
| we | had understated |
| you | had understated |
| they | had understated |
Future
| I | will understate |
| you | will understate |
| he;she;it | will understate |
| we | will understate |
| you | will understate |
| they | will understate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have understated |
| you | will have understated |
| he;she;it | will have understated |
| we | will have understated |
| you | will have understated |
| they | will have understated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | understate |
| you | understate |
| he;she;it | understate |
| we | understate |
| you | understate |
| they | understate |
Perfect
| I | have understated |
| you | have understated |
| he;she;it | have understated |
| we | have understated |
| you | have understated |
| they | have understated |
Imperfect
| I | understated |
| you | understated |
| he;she;it | understated |
| we | understated |
| you | understated |
| they | understated |
Pluperfect
| I | had understated |
| you | had understated |
| he;she;it | had understated |
| we | had understated |
| you | had understated |
| they | had understated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would understate |
| you | would understate |
| he;she;it | would understate |
| we | would understate |
| you | would understate |
| they | would understate |
Perfect
| I | would have understated |
| you | would have understated |
| he;she;it | would have understated |
| we | would have understated |
| you | would have understated |
| they | would have understated |
Imperative
| you | understate |
| we | Let's understate |
| you | understate |
Verbs conjugated like 'understate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'understate'
understage,
underplate,
underrate,
underrotate,
undersave,
undershare,
understaff,
understand,
undertake,
counterstate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
4. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ér
6. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
7. Proto-Germanic *under
8. Proto-West Germanic *undar
9. Old English under-
10. Middle English under-
11. English under-
12. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
13. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
14. Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
15. Proto-Italic *status
16. Latin statuslbor.
17. Old French estatbor.
18. Middle English stat
19. English state
20. English understate
21. From under- + state.
Sample Sentences
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To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass.
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She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully.
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The company had been understating its liabilities for years.