Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to medal
Participle: medaled
Gerund: medaling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | medal |
| you | medal |
| he;she;it | medals |
| we | medal |
| you | medal |
| they | medal |
Perfect
| I | have medaled |
| you | have medaled |
| he;she;it | has medaled |
| we | have medaled |
| you | have medaled |
| they | have medaled |
Past
| I | medaled |
| you | medaled |
| he;she;it | medaled |
| we | medaled |
| you | medaled |
| they | medaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had medaled |
| you | had medaled |
| he;she;it | had medaled |
| we | had medaled |
| you | had medaled |
| they | had medaled |
Future
| I | will medal |
| you | will medal |
| he;she;it | will medal |
| we | will medal |
| you | will medal |
| they | will medal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have medaled |
| you | will have medaled |
| he;she;it | will have medaled |
| we | will have medaled |
| you | will have medaled |
| they | will have medaled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | medal |
| you | medal |
| he;she;it | medal |
| we | medal |
| you | medal |
| they | medal |
Perfect
| I | have medaled |
| you | have medaled |
| he;she;it | have medaled |
| we | have medaled |
| you | have medaled |
| they | have medaled |
Imperfect
| I | medaled |
| you | medaled |
| he;she;it | medaled |
| we | medaled |
| you | medaled |
| they | medaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had medaled |
| you | had medaled |
| he;she;it | had medaled |
| we | had medaled |
| you | had medaled |
| they | had medaled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would medal |
| you | would medal |
| he;she;it | would medal |
| we | would medal |
| you | would medal |
| they | would medal |
Perfect
| I | would have medaled |
| you | would have medaled |
| he;she;it | would have medaled |
| we | would have medaled |
| you | would have medaled |
| they | would have medaled |
Imperative
| you | medal |
| we | Let's medal |
| you | medal |
Verbs conjugated like 'medal'
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 'medal'
meal,
metal,
pedal,
beal,
bedag,
bedaw,
bedeal,
deal,
decal,
feal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical Latin medius.
Sample Sentences
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He medalled twice at the Olympics.
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I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping. [2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:]
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Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing. [2011 January 9, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian:]
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I wanted to medal. I was pregnant and I wanted to medal. [2013 January 13, “Je Ne Sais What?”, in The Good Wife, season 4, episode 12, spoken by Anna (Elizabeth Alderfer):]
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In 2008, after being passed over yet again for USA Basketball’s Beijing Olympics team, San Antonio Stars all-star Becky Hammon signed a four-year, $2m contract with CSKA Moscow that included a six-figure bonus for becoming a naturalised citizen and medaling at the Games. [2022 September 3, Andrew Lawrence, “Brittney Griner’s Russian ordeal is a byproduct of WNBA’s shoestring funding”, in The Guardian:]
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Rebecca Romero medaled in rowing and track cycling in 2004 and 2008, joining East German swimmer-turned-handball player Roswitha Krause and several swimmers/divers as two-sport medalists. [2024 July 30, Beau Dure, “What’s tougher than competing in an Olympic sport? Competing in two”, in The Guardian:]
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Though she never medalled at the Olympics, she did win a pair of golds at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in 2002. [2024 August 20, Edward Helmore, “Five-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas after choking on food”, in The Guardian:]