Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to combobulate
Participle: combobulated
Gerund: combobulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | combobulate |
| you | combobulate |
| he;she;it | combobulates |
| we | combobulate |
| you | combobulate |
| they | combobulate |
Perfect
| I | have combobulated |
| you | have combobulated |
| he;she;it | has combobulated |
| we | have combobulated |
| you | have combobulated |
| they | have combobulated |
Past
| I | combobulated |
| you | combobulated |
| he;she;it | combobulated |
| we | combobulated |
| you | combobulated |
| they | combobulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had combobulated |
| you | had combobulated |
| he;she;it | had combobulated |
| we | had combobulated |
| you | had combobulated |
| they | had combobulated |
Future
| I | will combobulate |
| you | will combobulate |
| he;she;it | will combobulate |
| we | will combobulate |
| you | will combobulate |
| they | will combobulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have combobulated |
| you | will have combobulated |
| he;she;it | will have combobulated |
| we | will have combobulated |
| you | will have combobulated |
| they | will have combobulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | combobulate |
| you | combobulate |
| he;she;it | combobulate |
| we | combobulate |
| you | combobulate |
| they | combobulate |
Perfect
| I | have combobulated |
| you | have combobulated |
| he;she;it | have combobulated |
| we | have combobulated |
| you | have combobulated |
| they | have combobulated |
Imperfect
| I | combobulated |
| you | combobulated |
| he;she;it | combobulated |
| we | combobulated |
| you | combobulated |
| they | combobulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had combobulated |
| you | had combobulated |
| he;she;it | had combobulated |
| we | had combobulated |
| you | had combobulated |
| they | had combobulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would combobulate |
| you | would combobulate |
| he;she;it | would combobulate |
| we | would combobulate |
| you | would combobulate |
| they | would combobulate |
Perfect
| I | would have combobulated |
| you | would have combobulated |
| he;she;it | would have combobulated |
| we | would have combobulated |
| you | would have combobulated |
| they | would have combobulated |
Imperative
| you | combobulate |
| we | Let's combobulate |
| you | combobulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'combobulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'combobulate'
comodulate,
recombobulate,
confabulate,
conglobulate,
contabulate,
discombobulate,
ambulate,
bibulate,
bombilate,
carbonylate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from discombobulate.
Sample Sentences
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After losing his train of thought, the teacher took a deep breath and attempted to combobulate himself.
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"I guess it would be better to try to make a Chanute glider—just a pair of sup'rimposed planes, instead of one all combobulated like a bat's wings, like Lilienthal's glider was..." [1915, Sinclair Lewis, The Trail of the Hawk:]
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...I thought we might do better if she had a moment to combobulate herself on her own terms. [1991, Madison Smartt Bell, Doctor Sleep, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 95:]
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If he could not measure and scale and combobulate, a computer could do it. [2008, David Adams Richards, The Lost Highway: a Novel, Anchor Canada, page 125:]
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Alexa climbed grudgingly into the back and their father said to just hold on now while we get ourselves combobulated and handed Alyssa a brimming cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. [2012, Brian McGreevy, Hemlock Grove: a Novel, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, page 94:]
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To keep things not unnecessarily combobulated and focused and the game face on for those that needed me still... [2013, G. Meridian Paris, Southern Women, Author House, page 307:]
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"It's nothing—I was just combobulating my thoughts." [2014, Ernest Hebert, Howard Elman's Farewell, University Press of New England, page 100:]
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"Well, please combobulate yourself, Father." [2015, David Saperstein, Snatched: a Novel, Infinite Words, page 171:]