English: chant

English verb 'chant' conjugated

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to chant
Participle: chanted
Gerund: chanting

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ichant
youchant
he;she;itchants
wechant
youchant
theychant

Perfect

Ihave chanted
youhave chanted
he;she;ithas chanted
wehave chanted
youhave chanted
theyhave chanted

Past

Ichanted
youchanted
he;she;itchanted
wechanted
youchanted
theychanted

Pluperfect

Ihad chanted
youhad chanted
he;she;ithad chanted
wehad chanted
youhad chanted
theyhad chanted

Future

Iwill chant
youwill chant
he;she;itwill chant
wewill chant
youwill chant
theywill chant

Future Perfect

Iwill have chanted
youwill have chanted
he;she;itwill have chanted
wewill have chanted
youwill have chanted
theywill have chanted

Subjunctive

Present

Ichant
youchant
he;she;itchant
wechant
youchant
theychant

Perfect

Ihave chanted
youhave chanted
he;she;ithave chanted
wehave chanted
youhave chanted
theyhave chanted

Imperfect

Ichanted
youchanted
he;she;itchanted
wechanted
youchanted
theychanted

Pluperfect

Ihad chanted
youhad chanted
he;she;ithad chanted
wehad chanted
youhad chanted
theyhad chanted

Conditional

Present

Iwould chant
youwould chant
he;she;itwould chant
wewould chant
youwould chant
theywould chant

Perfect

Iwould have chanted
youwould have chanted
he;she;itwould have chanted
wewould have chanted
youwould have chanted
theywould have chanted

Imperative

youchant
weLet's chant
youchant

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam chanting
youare chanting
he;she;itis chanting
weare chanting
youare chanting
theyare chanting

Perfect

Ihave been chanting
youhave been chanting
he;she;ithas been chanting
wehave been chanting
youhave been chanting
theyhave been chanting

Past

Iwas chanting
youwere chanting
he;she;itwas chanting
wewere chanting
youwere chanting
theywere chanting

Pluperfect

Ihad been chanting
youhad been chanting
he;she;ithad been chanting
wehad been chanting
youhad been chanting
theyhad been chanting

Future

Iwill be chanting
youwill be chanting
he;she;itwill be chanting
wewill be chanting
youwill be chanting
theywill be chanting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been chanting
youwill have been chanting
he;she;itwill have been chanting
wewill have been chanting
youwill have been chanting
theywill have been chanting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be chanting
youwould be chanting
he;she;itwould be chanting
wewould be chanting
youwould be chanting
theywould be chanting

Perfect

Iwould have been chanting
youwould have been chanting
he;she;itwould have been chanting
wewould have been chanting
youwould have been chanting
theywould have been chanting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'chant'

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 'chant'

cant, chank, chart, chast, chat, chaunt, ant, can, cane, cart,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

intone
chorus, carol, vocalize

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant. See: Middle English 'chaunten', Old French 'chanter', Latin 'canto'.

Verbs referencing "chant"

Spanish cantar, Ladino kantar, Dutch chanten.

Sample Sentences

  • A wild, pathetic voice, chants a hymn common among the slaves: “ O there'll be mourning, mourning, mourning, O there'll be mourning, at the judgment-seat of Christ ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Oh, no... Chanting about Ram He has done great worship (#AAY)

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