harbour – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of harbour

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to harbour
Participle: harboured
Gerund: harbouring

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iharbour
youharbour
he;she;itharbours
weharbour
youharbour
theyharbour

Perfect

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

Past

Iharboured
youharboured
he;she;itharboured
weharboured
youharboured
theyharboured

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iharbour
youharbour
he;she;itharbour
weharbour
youharbour
theyharbour

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iharboured
youharboured
he;she;itharboured
weharboured
youharboured
theyharboured

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youharbour
weLet's harbour
youharbour

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'harbour'

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)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

admit to residence
host, house, put up

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "harbour"

French héberger.

Sample Sentences

  • The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.
  • The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected. [a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:]
  • Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin. [1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:]
  • Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'. [1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough:]
  • If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break [2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:]