Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to understudy
Participle: understudied
Gerund: understudying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | understudy |
| you | understudy |
| he;she;it | understudies |
| we | understudy |
| you | understudy |
| they | understudy |
Perfect
| I | have understudied |
| you | have understudied |
| he;she;it | has understudied |
| we | have understudied |
| you | have understudied |
| they | have understudied |
Past
| I | understudied |
| you | understudied |
| he;she;it | understudied |
| we | understudied |
| you | understudied |
| they | understudied |
Pluperfect
| I | had understudied |
| you | had understudied |
| he;she;it | had understudied |
| we | had understudied |
| you | had understudied |
| they | had understudied |
Future
| I | will understudy |
| you | will understudy |
| he;she;it | will understudy |
| we | will understudy |
| you | will understudy |
| they | will understudy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have understudied |
| you | will have understudied |
| he;she;it | will have understudied |
| we | will have understudied |
| you | will have understudied |
| they | will have understudied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | understudy |
| you | understudy |
| he;she;it | understudy |
| we | understudy |
| you | understudy |
| they | understudy |
Perfect
| I | have understudied |
| you | have understudied |
| he;she;it | have understudied |
| we | have understudied |
| you | have understudied |
| they | have understudied |
Imperfect
| I | understudied |
| you | understudied |
| he;she;it | understudied |
| we | understudied |
| you | understudied |
| they | understudied |
Pluperfect
| I | had understudied |
| you | had understudied |
| he;she;it | had understudied |
| we | had understudied |
| you | had understudied |
| they | had understudied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would understudy |
| you | would understudy |
| he;she;it | would understudy |
| we | would understudy |
| you | would understudy |
| they | would understudy |
Perfect
| I | would have understudied |
| you | would have understudied |
| he;she;it | would have understudied |
| we | would have understudied |
| you | would have understudied |
| they | would have understudied |
Imperative
| you | understudy |
| we | Let's understudy |
| you | understudy |
Verbs conjugated like 'understudy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'understudy'
overstudy,
underbury,
underbuy,
undersay,
undersend,
understaff,
understage,
understand,
understate,
understaund,
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 *(s)tew-
13. Proto-Indo-European *-d-
14. Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-
15. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
16. Proto-Indo-European *studéh₁ti
17. Proto-Italic *studēō
18. Latin studeō
19. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
20. Proto-Italic *-ijos
21. Proto-Italic *-ios
22. Old Latin -ios
23. Latin -iusnom.
24. Latin -ium
25. Latin studiumbor.
26. Old French estudie
27. Proto-Italic *-āzi
28. ▲
29. Latin -ereinflu.
30. Latin -āre
31. Old French -er
32. Old French estudierbor.
33. Middle English studien
34. English study
35. English understudy
36. From under- + study.
Sample Sentences
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That lean gentleman had apparently understudied Pharaoh of old and hardened his heart. [1935, Owen Conquest, Morny's Master Stroke:]