Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cannon
Participle: cannoned
Gerund: cannoning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cannon |
| you | cannon |
| he;she;it | cannons |
| we | cannon |
| you | cannon |
| they | cannon |
Perfect
| I | have cannoned |
| you | have cannoned |
| he;she;it | has cannoned |
| we | have cannoned |
| you | have cannoned |
| they | have cannoned |
Past
| I | cannoned |
| you | cannoned |
| he;she;it | cannoned |
| we | cannoned |
| you | cannoned |
| they | cannoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cannoned |
| you | had cannoned |
| he;she;it | had cannoned |
| we | had cannoned |
| you | had cannoned |
| they | had cannoned |
Future
| I | will cannon |
| you | will cannon |
| he;she;it | will cannon |
| we | will cannon |
| you | will cannon |
| they | will cannon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cannoned |
| you | will have cannoned |
| he;she;it | will have cannoned |
| we | will have cannoned |
| you | will have cannoned |
| they | will have cannoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cannon |
| you | cannon |
| he;she;it | cannon |
| we | cannon |
| you | cannon |
| they | cannon |
Perfect
| I | have cannoned |
| you | have cannoned |
| he;she;it | have cannoned |
| we | have cannoned |
| you | have cannoned |
| they | have cannoned |
Imperfect
| I | cannoned |
| you | cannoned |
| he;she;it | cannoned |
| we | cannoned |
| you | cannoned |
| they | cannoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cannoned |
| you | had cannoned |
| he;she;it | had cannoned |
| we | had cannoned |
| you | had cannoned |
| they | had cannoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cannon |
| you | would cannon |
| he;she;it | would cannon |
| we | would cannon |
| you | would cannon |
| they | would cannon |
Perfect
| I | would have cannoned |
| you | would have cannoned |
| he;she;it | would have cannoned |
| we | would have cannoned |
| you | would have cannoned |
| they | would have cannoned |
Imperative
| you | cannon |
| we | Let's cannon |
| you | cannon |
Verbs conjugated like 'cannon'
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 'cannon'
canton,
annoy,
cancan,
canoe,
capon,
carbon,
carton,
danton,
randon,
tannoy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na) (for more, see cane). Doublet of canyon. This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.
Sample Sentences
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The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.
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Montenegro had hardly threatened in the second period but served notice they were still potent as Nikola Vukcevic took a smart pass from Jovetic and cannoned a shot off Hennessey's shins. [2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:]
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[…] he heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it—crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. [1898, Rudyard Kipling, “The Maltese Cat”, in The Day's Work:]
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She ran down the stairs which she had come up so nervously that morning and cannoned into Edmund at the bottom. [1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 1998:]