Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abound
Participle: abounded
Gerund: abounding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | abound |
| you | abound |
| he;she;it | abounds |
| we | abound |
| you | abound |
| they | abound |
Perfect
| I | have abounded |
| you | have abounded |
| he;she;it | has abounded |
| we | have abounded |
| you | have abounded |
| they | have abounded |
Past
| I | abounded |
| you | abounded |
| he;she;it | abounded |
| we | abounded |
| you | abounded |
| they | abounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had abounded |
| you | had abounded |
| he;she;it | had abounded |
| we | had abounded |
| you | had abounded |
| they | had abounded |
Future
| I | will abound |
| you | will abound |
| he;she;it | will abound |
| we | will abound |
| you | will abound |
| they | will abound |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abounded |
| you | will have abounded |
| he;she;it | will have abounded |
| we | will have abounded |
| you | will have abounded |
| they | will have abounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abound |
| you | abound |
| he;she;it | abound |
| we | abound |
| you | abound |
| they | abound |
Perfect
| I | have abounded |
| you | have abounded |
| he;she;it | have abounded |
| we | have abounded |
| you | have abounded |
| they | have abounded |
Imperfect
| I | abounded |
| you | abounded |
| he;she;it | abounded |
| we | abounded |
| you | abounded |
| they | abounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had abounded |
| you | had abounded |
| he;she;it | had abounded |
| we | had abounded |
| you | had abounded |
| they | had abounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abound |
| you | would abound |
| he;she;it | would abound |
| we | would abound |
| you | would abound |
| they | would abound |
Perfect
| I | would have abounded |
| you | would have abounded |
| he;she;it | would have abounded |
| we | would have abounded |
| you | would have abounded |
| they | would have abounded |
Imperative
| you | abound |
| we | Let's abound |
| you | abound |
Verbs conjugated like 'abound'
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 'abound'
amound,
bound,
aband,
abend,
abord,
amount,
astound,
bond,
boun,
bourd,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. * First attested around 1325.
2. * From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”). See: Old French '
abonder', Latin '
abundō'.
Verbs referencing "abound"
Ido abundar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the footway, and almost thrust themselves into the windows, lie the noble American vessels which have made their Packet Service the finest in the world. They have brought hither the foreigners who abound in all the streets: not, perhaps, that there are more here, than in other commercial cities; but elsewhere, they have particular haunts, and you must find them out; here, they pervade the town.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Seated around her were various members of that rising race with which a Southern household abounds, engaged in shelling peas, peeling potatoes, picking pin-feathers out of fowls, and other preparatory arrangements,—Dinah every once in a while interrupting her meditations to give a poke, or a rap [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)