Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to offstand
Participle: offstood
Gerund: offstanding
Indicative
Present
| I | offstand |
| you | offstand |
| he;she;it | offstands |
| we | offstand |
| you | offstand |
| they | offstand |
Perfect
| I | have offstood |
| you | have offstood |
| he;she;it | has offstood |
| we | have offstood |
| you | have offstood |
| they | have offstood |
Past
| I | offstood |
| you | offstood |
| he;she;it | offstood |
| we | offstood |
| you | offstood |
| they | offstood |
Pluperfect
| I | had offstood |
| you | had offstood |
| he;she;it | had offstood |
| we | had offstood |
| you | had offstood |
| they | had offstood |
Future
| I | will offstand |
| you | will offstand |
| he;she;it | will offstand |
| we | will offstand |
| you | will offstand |
| they | will offstand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have offstood |
| you | will have offstood |
| he;she;it | will have offstood |
| we | will have offstood |
| you | will have offstood |
| they | will have offstood |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | offstand |
| you | offstand |
| he;she;it | offstand |
| we | offstand |
| you | offstand |
| they | offstand |
Perfect
| I | have offstood |
| you | have offstood |
| he;she;it | have offstood |
| we | have offstood |
| you | have offstood |
| they | have offstood |
Imperfect
| I | offstood |
| you | offstood |
| he;she;it | offstood |
| we | offstood |
| you | offstood |
| they | offstood |
Pluperfect
| I | had offstood |
| you | had offstood |
| he;she;it | had offstood |
| we | had offstood |
| you | had offstood |
| they | had offstood |
Conditional
Present
| I | would offstand |
| you | would offstand |
| he;she;it | would offstand |
| we | would offstand |
| you | would offstand |
| they | would offstand |
Perfect
| I | would have offstood |
| you | would have offstood |
| he;she;it | would have offstood |
| we | would have offstood |
| you | would have offstood |
| they | would have offstood |
Imperative
| you | offstand |
| we | Let's offstand |
| you | offstand |
Verbs conjugated like 'offstand'
misunderstand,
outstand,
stand,
understand,
withstand,
astand,
atstand,
bestand,
forestand,
forstand,
offstand,
reunderstand,
unnerstand,
Verbs similar to 'offstand'
outstand,
astand,
atstand,
bestand,
forestand,
forstand,
offboard,
offend,
offlead,
offload,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”). See: Old English '
ofstandan', Dutch '
afstaan', German, old spelling '
abstehen', Swedish '
avstå'.
Sample Sentences
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Those who are involved in long enmities sacrifice continually to the hidit in order to offstand such affliction. [1919, Roy Franklin Barton, Ifugao economics: Volume 15, Issues 1-5:]
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[…] announced in its issue of October tenth that New Jersey's Governor, Livingston, had received word of the intended attack and was planning measures to offstand it. [1983, Henry Charlton Beck, Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey:]
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[…] and hope to build with such permanency and force as to offstand the headwaters which will surely come again. [2001, Paulina Ann Batterson, Columbia College:]
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"His excellency is wise not to waste breath renewing it. He grows fat, and his breath is short" "What can you expect to gain by resistance, save death?" Gonzales asked. "How can you hope to offstand a score and a half of us? [2003, Johnston McCulley, The Mark of Zorro:]
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To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions. [1886, The Current: politics, literature, science and art: Volume 6]
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Smith paid seven thousand pounds for the copyright, though it was not a financial success ; George Eliot, in fact, afterward gave a short story, "Brother Jacob," to offstand the publisher's loss. [1913, The Bookman: a review of books and life: Volume 36]