back – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of back

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to back onto sth
Participle: backed onto sth
Gerund: backing onto sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iback onto sth
youback onto sth
he;she;itbacks onto sth
weback onto sth
youback onto sth
theyback onto sth

Perfect

Ihave backed onto sth
youhave backed onto sth
he;she;ithas backed onto sth
wehave backed onto sth
youhave backed onto sth
theyhave backed onto sth

Past

Ibacked onto sth
youbacked onto sth
he;she;itbacked onto sth
webacked onto sth
youbacked onto sth
theybacked onto sth

Pluperfect

Ihad backed onto sth
youhad backed onto sth
he;she;ithad backed onto sth
wehad backed onto sth
youhad backed onto sth
theyhad backed onto sth

Future

Iwill back onto sth
youwill back onto sth
he;she;itwill back onto sth
wewill back onto sth
youwill back onto sth
theywill back onto sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have backed onto sth
youwill have backed onto sth
he;she;itwill have backed onto sth
wewill have backed onto sth
youwill have backed onto sth
theywill have backed onto sth

Subjunctive

Present

Iback onto sth
youback onto sth
he;she;itback onto sth
weback onto sth
youback onto sth
theyback onto sth

Perfect

Ihave backed onto sth
youhave backed onto sth
he;she;ithave backed onto sth
wehave backed onto sth
youhave backed onto sth
theyhave backed onto sth

Imperfect

Ibacked onto sth
youbacked onto sth
he;she;itbacked onto sth
webacked onto sth
youbacked onto sth
theybacked onto sth

Pluperfect

Ihad backed onto sth
youhad backed onto sth
he;she;ithad backed onto sth
wehad backed onto sth
youhad backed onto sth
theyhad backed onto sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould back onto sth
youwould back onto sth
he;she;itwould back onto sth
wewould back onto sth
youwould back onto sth
theywould back onto sth

Perfect

Iwould have backed onto sth
youwould have backed onto sth
he;she;itwould have backed onto sth
wewould have backed onto sth
youwould have backed onto sth
theywould have backed onto sth

Imperative

youback onto sth
weLet's back onto sth
youback onto sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam backing onto sth
youare backing onto sth
he;she;itis backing onto sth
weare backing onto sth
youare backing onto sth
theyare backing onto sth

Perfect

Ihave been backing onto sth
youhave been backing onto sth
he;she;ithas been backing onto sth
wehave been backing onto sth
youhave been backing onto sth
theyhave been backing onto sth

Past

Iwas backing onto sth
youwere backing onto sth
he;she;itwas backing onto sth
wewere backing onto sth
youwere backing onto sth
theywere backing onto sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been backing onto sth
youhad been backing onto sth
he;she;ithad been backing onto sth
wehad been backing onto sth
youhad been backing onto sth
theyhad been backing onto sth

Future

Iwill be backing onto sth
youwill be backing onto sth
he;she;itwill be backing onto sth
wewill be backing onto sth
youwill be backing onto sth
theywill be backing onto sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been backing onto sth
youwill have been backing onto sth
he;she;itwill have been backing onto sth
wewill have been backing onto sth
youwill have been backing onto sth
theywill have been backing onto sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be backing onto sth
youwould be backing onto sth
he;she;itwould be backing onto sth
wewould be backing onto sth
youwould be backing onto sth
theywould be backing onto sth

Perfect

Iwould have been backing onto sth
youwould have been backing onto sth
he;she;itwould have been backing onto sth
wewould have been backing onto sth
youwould have been backing onto sth
theywould have been backing onto sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'back'

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 'back'

bace, bach, balk, bank, bark, bask, beck, black, buck, cack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to back a cause, party, etc
agree with, approbate, approve, support, think much of
support
help, uphold, abet, further, aid, endorse, favor, assist
reverse
retreat, retire, withdraw, repel, repulse

Antonyms

To assent tacitly; to weakly and reluctantly agree
approve, object, support, acquiesce
support
counteract, block, check, defeat

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. bæc "back, backwards, behind," from P.Gmc. *bakam (cf. O.S., M.Du. bak, O.Fris. bek), which mostly has been ousted in other modern Gmc. languages by words akin to Mod.E. ridge. Verb "to move (something) back" is from 1486; meaning "to support" (as by a bet) is first attested 1548. Backbiting is first recorded c.1175; backslide in the religious sense is from 1581; backwoods is from 1709. Back-date first recorded 1946. Backside "rump" is first recorded 1500. Back door "devious, shady, illegal" is from 1643. The verb back off "retreat" is attested from 1930s. Back down in fig. sense of "withdraw a charge" is first attested 1859, Amer.Eng., from notion of descending a ladder, etc. Back-firing "premature ignition in an internal-combustion engine" is first recorded 1897. Back-stabber in the fig. sense is from 1906. Back-seat driver first attested 1926. Back-track "retrace one's steps" is from 1904. Back-to-nature (adj.) is first attested 1915. Backpack is 1914 as a noun, 1916 as a verb. The back of (one's) hand has been used to imply contempt and rejection since at least 1300; to know something like the back of one's hand, implying familiarity, is first attested 1943. Back bench in the House of Commons sense is from 1874. Back-hand as a tennis stroke dates from 1657. Back-talk "impertinent retort" is first recorded 1858, originally often used in literary attempts at low Irish idiom. To be on the back burner in the figurative sense is from 1960. Back-formation coined by Eng. lexicographer James Murray (1837-1915).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
4. Proto-Germanic *baką
5. Proto-West Germanic *bak
6. Old English bæc
7. Middle English bak
8. English back
9. From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.
10. Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”).

Verbs referencing "back"

Welsh bacio, Danish bakke, Norwegian bakke, Icelandic bakka.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] neutral in clean colours, and positive in dirty ones, as by-streets in London; and there is one quarter, commonly called the Five Points, which, in respect of filth and wretchedness, may be safely backed against Seven Dials, or any other part of famed St. Giles’s. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] CINCINNATI THE Messenger was one among a crowd of high-pressure steamboats, clustered together by a wharf-side, which, looked down upon from the rising ground that forms the landing-place, and backed by the lofty bank on the opposite side of the river, appeared no larger than so many floating models. She had some forty passengers on board, exclusive of the poorer persons on the lower deck; and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] their canes in their hands, and looking coolly at him over their glazed stocks, ‘ Go on, my boy, while you may ! you 'll know better by-and-by: ’ when suddenly the novice, who had been backing towards the gangway in his noisy merriment, fell overboard before their eyes, and splashed heavily down into the river between the vessel and the dock. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Montreal is pleasantly situated on the margin of the St. Lawrence, and is backed by some bold heights, about which there are charming rides and drives. The streets are generally narrow and irregular, as in most French towns of any age; but in the more modern parts of the city, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a gun, for a pilot; and almost before its smoke had cleared away, a little boat with a light at her masthead came bearing down upon us, through the darkness, swiftly. And presently, our sails being backed, she ran alongside; and the hoarse pilot, wrapped and muffled in pea-coats and shawls to the very bridge of his weather-ploughed-up nose, stood bodily among us on the deck. And I think if that [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Backing down from my enemies or sneaking out of the back door like a coward Have you ever seen me do so ? (Magudam)