Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chequer
Participle: chequered
Gerund: chequering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chequer |
| you | chequer |
| he;she;it | chequers |
| we | chequer |
| you | chequer |
| they | chequer |
Perfect
| I | have chequered |
| you | have chequered |
| he;she;it | has chequered |
| we | have chequered |
| you | have chequered |
| they | have chequered |
Past
| I | chequered |
| you | chequered |
| he;she;it | chequered |
| we | chequered |
| you | chequered |
| they | chequered |
Pluperfect
| I | had chequered |
| you | had chequered |
| he;she;it | had chequered |
| we | had chequered |
| you | had chequered |
| they | had chequered |
Future
| I | will chequer |
| you | will chequer |
| he;she;it | will chequer |
| we | will chequer |
| you | will chequer |
| they | will chequer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chequered |
| you | will have chequered |
| he;she;it | will have chequered |
| we | will have chequered |
| you | will have chequered |
| they | will have chequered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chequer |
| you | chequer |
| he;she;it | chequer |
| we | chequer |
| you | chequer |
| they | chequer |
Perfect
| I | have chequered |
| you | have chequered |
| he;she;it | have chequered |
| we | have chequered |
| you | have chequered |
| they | have chequered |
Imperfect
| I | chequered |
| you | chequered |
| he;she;it | chequered |
| we | chequered |
| you | chequered |
| they | chequered |
Pluperfect
| I | had chequered |
| you | had chequered |
| he;she;it | had chequered |
| we | had chequered |
| you | had chequered |
| they | had chequered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chequer |
| you | would chequer |
| he;she;it | would chequer |
| we | would chequer |
| you | would chequer |
| they | would chequer |
Perfect
| I | would have chequered |
| you | would have chequered |
| he;she;it | would have chequered |
| we | would have chequered |
| you | would have chequered |
| they | would have chequered |
Imperative
| you | chequer |
| we | Let's chequer |
| you | chequer |
Verbs conjugated like 'chequer'
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 'chequer'
checker,
cheer,
choque,
conquer,
exchequer,
calque,
center,
chaffer,
chamber,
chamfer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. See checker.
2. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”
Sample Sentences
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Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood. [1711 December 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:]
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A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart. [1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. (please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:]