back – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of back

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to back out
Participle: backed out
Gerund: backing out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iback out
youback out
he;she;itbacks out
weback out
youback out
theyback out

Perfect

Ihave backed out
youhave backed out
he;she;ithas backed out
wehave backed out
youhave backed out
theyhave backed out

Past

Ibacked out
youbacked out
he;she;itbacked out
webacked out
youbacked out
theybacked out

Pluperfect

Ihad backed out
youhad backed out
he;she;ithad backed out
wehad backed out
youhad backed out
theyhad backed out

Future

Iwill back out
youwill back out
he;she;itwill back out
wewill back out
youwill back out
theywill back out

Future Perfect

Iwill have backed out
youwill have backed out
he;she;itwill have backed out
wewill have backed out
youwill have backed out
theywill have backed out

Subjunctive

Present

Iback out
youback out
he;she;itback out
weback out
youback out
theyback out

Perfect

Ihave backed out
youhave backed out
he;she;ithave backed out
wehave backed out
youhave backed out
theyhave backed out

Imperfect

Ibacked out
youbacked out
he;she;itbacked out
webacked out
youbacked out
theybacked out

Pluperfect

Ihad backed out
youhad backed out
he;she;ithad backed out
wehad backed out
youhad backed out
theyhad backed out

Conditional

Present

Iwould back out
youwould back out
he;she;itwould back out
wewould back out
youwould back out
theywould back out

Perfect

Iwould have backed out
youwould have backed out
he;she;itwould have backed out
wewould have backed out
youwould have backed out
theywould have backed out

Imperative

youback out
weLet's back out
youback out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam backing out
youare backing out
he;she;itis backing out
weare backing out
youare backing out
theyare backing out

Perfect

Ihave been backing out
youhave been backing out
he;she;ithas been backing out
wehave been backing out
youhave been backing out
theyhave been backing out

Past

Iwas backing out
youwere backing out
he;she;itwas backing out
wewere backing out
youwere backing out
theywere backing out

Pluperfect

Ihad been backing out
youhad been backing out
he;she;ithad been backing out
wehad been backing out
youhad been backing out
theyhad been backing out

Future

Iwill be backing out
youwill be backing out
he;she;itwill be backing out
wewill be backing out
youwill be backing out
theywill be backing out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been backing out
youwill have been backing out
he;she;itwill have been backing out
wewill have been backing out
youwill have been backing out
theywill have been backing out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be backing out
youwould be backing out
he;she;itwould be backing out
wewould be backing out
youwould be backing out
theywould be backing out

Perfect

Iwould have been backing out
youwould have been backing out
he;she;itwould have been backing out
wewould have been backing out
youwould have been backing out
theywould have been backing out

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)