Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chief
Participle: chiefed
Gerund: chiefing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chief |
| you | chief |
| he;she;it | chiefs |
| we | chief |
| you | chief |
| they | chief |
Perfect
| I | have chiefed |
| you | have chiefed |
| he;she;it | has chiefed |
| we | have chiefed |
| you | have chiefed |
| they | have chiefed |
Past
| I | chiefed |
| you | chiefed |
| he;she;it | chiefed |
| we | chiefed |
| you | chiefed |
| they | chiefed |
Pluperfect
| I | had chiefed |
| you | had chiefed |
| he;she;it | had chiefed |
| we | had chiefed |
| you | had chiefed |
| they | had chiefed |
Future
| I | will chief |
| you | will chief |
| he;she;it | will chief |
| we | will chief |
| you | will chief |
| they | will chief |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chiefed |
| you | will have chiefed |
| he;she;it | will have chiefed |
| we | will have chiefed |
| you | will have chiefed |
| they | will have chiefed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chief |
| you | chief |
| he;she;it | chief |
| we | chief |
| you | chief |
| they | chief |
Perfect
| I | have chiefed |
| you | have chiefed |
| he;she;it | have chiefed |
| we | have chiefed |
| you | have chiefed |
| they | have chiefed |
Imperfect
| I | chiefed |
| you | chiefed |
| he;she;it | chiefed |
| we | chiefed |
| you | chiefed |
| they | chiefed |
Pluperfect
| I | had chiefed |
| you | had chiefed |
| he;she;it | had chiefed |
| we | had chiefed |
| you | had chiefed |
| they | had chiefed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chief |
| you | would chief |
| he;she;it | would chief |
| we | would chief |
| you | would chief |
| they | would chief |
Perfect
| I | would have chiefed |
| you | would have chiefed |
| he;she;it | would have chiefed |
| we | would have chiefed |
| you | would have chiefed |
| they | would have chiefed |
Imperative
| you | chief |
| we | Let's chief |
| you | chief |
Verbs conjugated like 'chief'
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 'chief'
chef,
brief,
chaff,
cheek,
cheep,
cheer,
chew,
chib,
chick,
chide,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. substratebor.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *kap-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *kap-
5. Proto-Indo-European *káput
6. Proto-Italic *kaput
7. Latin caput
8. Vulgar Latin capus
9. Old French chiefbor.
10. Middle English chef
11. English chief
12. Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput, from *kap-, possibly from *kap-, possibly borrowed from a substrate language.
13. Doublet of cape (“point of land”), capo, caput, and chef through Latin (possibly also related to cape (“sleeveless garment”) and cap (“head covering”) from Latin cappa); doublet of head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.
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