metaphor – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of metaphor

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to metaphor
Participle: metaphored
Gerund: metaphoring

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Imetaphor
youmetaphor
he;she;itmetaphors
wemetaphor
youmetaphor
theymetaphor

Perfect

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

Past

Imetaphored
youmetaphored
he;she;itmetaphored
wemetaphored
youmetaphored
theymetaphored

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Imetaphor
youmetaphor
he;she;itmetaphor
wemetaphor
youmetaphor
theymetaphor

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Imetaphored
youmetaphored
he;she;itmetaphored
wemetaphored
youmetaphored
theymetaphored

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youmetaphor
weLet's metaphor
youmetaphor

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'metaphor'

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)

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Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).

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