corner – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of corner

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to corner
Participle: cornered
Gerund: cornering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icorner
youcorner
he;she;itcorners
wecorner
youcorner
theycorner

Perfect

Ihave cornered
youhave cornered
he;she;ithas cornered
wehave cornered
youhave cornered
theyhave cornered

Past

Icornered
youcornered
he;she;itcornered
wecornered
youcornered
theycornered

Pluperfect

Ihad cornered
youhad cornered
he;she;ithad cornered
wehad cornered
youhad cornered
theyhad cornered

Future

Iwill corner
youwill corner
he;she;itwill corner
wewill corner
youwill corner
theywill corner

Future Perfect

Iwill have cornered
youwill have cornered
he;she;itwill have cornered
wewill have cornered
youwill have cornered
theywill have cornered

Subjunctive

Present

Icorner
youcorner
he;she;itcorner
wecorner
youcorner
theycorner

Perfect

Ihave cornered
youhave cornered
he;she;ithave cornered
wehave cornered
youhave cornered
theyhave cornered

Imperfect

Icornered
youcornered
he;she;itcornered
wecornered
youcornered
theycornered

Pluperfect

Ihad cornered
youhad cornered
he;she;ithad cornered
wehad cornered
youhad cornered
theyhad cornered

Conditional

Present

Iwould corner
youwould corner
he;she;itwould corner
wewould corner
youwould corner
theywould corner

Perfect

Iwould have cornered
youwould have cornered
he;she;itwould have cornered
wewould have cornered
youwould have cornered
theywould have cornered

Imperative

youcorner
weLet's corner
youcorner

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam cornering
youare cornering
he;she;itis cornering
weare cornering
youare cornering
theyare cornering

Perfect

Ihave been cornering
youhave been cornering
he;she;ithas been cornering
wehave been cornering
youhave been cornering
theyhave been cornering

Past

Iwas cornering
youwere cornering
he;she;itwas cornering
wewere cornering
youwere cornering
theywere cornering

Pluperfect

Ihad been cornering
youhad been cornering
he;she;ithad been cornering
wehad been cornering
youhad been cornering
theyhad been cornering

Future

Iwill be cornering
youwill be cornering
he;she;itwill be cornering
wewill be cornering
youwill be cornering
theywill be cornering

Future Perfect

Iwill have been cornering
youwill have been cornering
he;she;itwill have been cornering
wewill have been cornering
youwill have been cornering
theywill have been cornering

Conditional

Present

Iwould be cornering
youwould be cornering
he;she;itwould be cornering
wewould be cornering
youwould be cornering
theywould be cornering

Perfect

Iwould have been cornering
youwould have been cornering
he;she;itwould have been cornering
wewould have been cornering
youwould have been cornering
theywould have been cornering

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'corner'

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 'corner'

border, career, carney, cocker, coffer, comber, cone, confer, connex, cooper,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

capture
bottle, trap, collar, trick, tree, fool

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn".
2. * Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn. Also displaced native Old English sċēat.

Verbs referencing "corner"

Cebuano korner.

Sample Sentences

  • The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
  • In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries. [2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2013:]
  • The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
  • The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
  • It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
  • As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
  • That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
  • Tool for cornering and cutting off copper switch blades [1937, Mechanical World and Engineering Record, volume 102, page 208:]