Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to headlong
Participle: headlonged
Gerund: headlonging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | headlong |
| you | headlong |
| he;she;it | headlongs |
| we | headlong |
| you | headlong |
| they | headlong |
Perfect
| I | have headlonged |
| you | have headlonged |
| he;she;it | has headlonged |
| we | have headlonged |
| you | have headlonged |
| they | have headlonged |
Past
| I | headlonged |
| you | headlonged |
| he;she;it | headlonged |
| we | headlonged |
| you | headlonged |
| they | headlonged |
Pluperfect
| I | had headlonged |
| you | had headlonged |
| he;she;it | had headlonged |
| we | had headlonged |
| you | had headlonged |
| they | had headlonged |
Future
| I | will headlong |
| you | will headlong |
| he;she;it | will headlong |
| we | will headlong |
| you | will headlong |
| they | will headlong |
Future Perfect
| I | will have headlonged |
| you | will have headlonged |
| he;she;it | will have headlonged |
| we | will have headlonged |
| you | will have headlonged |
| they | will have headlonged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | headlong |
| you | headlong |
| he;she;it | headlong |
| we | headlong |
| you | headlong |
| they | headlong |
Perfect
| I | have headlonged |
| you | have headlonged |
| he;she;it | have headlonged |
| we | have headlonged |
| you | have headlonged |
| they | have headlonged |
Imperfect
| I | headlonged |
| you | headlonged |
| he;she;it | headlonged |
| we | headlonged |
| you | headlonged |
| they | headlonged |
Pluperfect
| I | had headlonged |
| you | had headlonged |
| he;she;it | had headlonged |
| we | had headlonged |
| you | had headlonged |
| they | had headlonged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would headlong |
| you | would headlong |
| he;she;it | would headlong |
| we | would headlong |
| you | would headlong |
| they | would headlong |
Perfect
| I | would have headlonged |
| you | would have headlonged |
| he;she;it | would have headlonged |
| we | would have headlonged |
| you | would have headlonged |
| they | would have headlonged |
Imperative
| you | headlong |
| we | Let's headlong |
| you | headlong |
Verbs conjugated like 'headlong'
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 'headlong'
headbang,
headline,
heddling,
belong,
deadleg,
deadline,
deadlink,
deadlock,
elong,
gadling,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Sample Sentences
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If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion. [1862, Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams:]
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Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets. [1905, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature:]