pack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pack in sb
Participle: packed in sb
Gerund: packing in sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipack in sb
youpack in sb
he;she;itpacks in sb
wepack in sb
youpack in sb
theypack in sb

Perfect

Ihave packed in sb
youhave packed in sb
he;she;ithas packed in sb
wehave packed in sb
youhave packed in sb
theyhave packed in sb

Past

Ipacked in sb
youpacked in sb
he;she;itpacked in sb
wepacked in sb
youpacked in sb
theypacked in sb

Pluperfect

Ihad packed in sb
youhad packed in sb
he;she;ithad packed in sb
wehad packed in sb
youhad packed in sb
theyhad packed in sb

Future

Iwill pack in sb
youwill pack in sb
he;she;itwill pack in sb
wewill pack in sb
youwill pack in sb
theywill pack in sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have packed in sb
youwill have packed in sb
he;she;itwill have packed in sb
wewill have packed in sb
youwill have packed in sb
theywill have packed in sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ipack in sb
youpack in sb
he;she;itpack in sb
wepack in sb
youpack in sb
theypack in sb

Perfect

Ihave packed in sb
youhave packed in sb
he;she;ithave packed in sb
wehave packed in sb
youhave packed in sb
theyhave packed in sb

Imperfect

Ipacked in sb
youpacked in sb
he;she;itpacked in sb
wepacked in sb
youpacked in sb
theypacked in sb

Pluperfect

Ihad packed in sb
youhad packed in sb
he;she;ithad packed in sb
wehad packed in sb
youhad packed in sb
theyhad packed in sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould pack in sb
youwould pack in sb
he;she;itwould pack in sb
wewould pack in sb
youwould pack in sb
theywould pack in sb

Perfect

Iwould have packed in sb
youwould have packed in sb
he;she;itwould have packed in sb
wewould have packed in sb
youwould have packed in sb
theywould have packed in sb

Imperative

youpack in sb
weLet's pack in sb
youpack in sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam packing in sb
youare packing in sb
he;she;itis packing in sb
weare packing in sb
youare packing in sb
theyare packing in sb

Perfect

Ihave been packing in sb
youhave been packing in sb
he;she;ithas been packing in sb
wehave been packing in sb
youhave been packing in sb
theyhave been packing in sb

Past

Iwas packing in sb
youwere packing in sb
he;she;itwas packing in sb
wewere packing in sb
youwere packing in sb
theywere packing in sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been packing in sb
youhad been packing in sb
he;she;ithad been packing in sb
wehad been packing in sb
youhad been packing in sb
theyhad been packing in sb

Future

Iwill be packing in sb
youwill be packing in sb
he;she;itwill be packing in sb
wewill be packing in sb
youwill be packing in sb
theywill be packing in sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been packing in sb
youwill have been packing in sb
he;she;itwill have been packing in sb
wewill have been packing in sb
youwill have been packing in sb
theywill have been packing in sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be packing in sb
youwould be packing in sb
he;she;itwould be packing in sb
wewould be packing in sb
youwould be packing in sb
theywould be packing in sb

Perfect

Iwould have been packing in sb
youwould have been packing in sb
he;she;itwould have been packing in sb
wewould have been packing in sb
youwould have been packing in sb
theywould have been packing in sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pack'

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 'pack'

back, cack, dack, fack, gack, hack, jack, lack, mack, nack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to come together as a group
assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, team, team up, throng
to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
compress
bind, cram, press, stow, contract, condense
load
burden, lade

Antonyms

compress
increase, extend, spread, stretch
load
unload, disburden, disencumber, relieve

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”). See: Middle English 'pakken'.

Verbs referencing "pack"

Finnish with old forms pakata, German, old spelling packen, Xhosa pakisha, Lithuanian pakuoti.

Sample Sentences

  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hour at which we should arrive at Liverpool, may be easily imagined and readily understood. Also, how heartily we drank the captain 's health that day at dinner; and how restless we became about packing up: and how two or three of the most sanguine spirits rejected the idea of going to bed at all that night as something it was not worth while to do, so near the shore, but went nevertheless, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, Tom, ” said St. Clare, the day after he had commenced the legal formalities for his enfranchisement, “ I 'm going to make a free man of you; — so have your trunk packed, and get ready to set out for Kentuck. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Think I'll pass. Your loss. For sure. Actually, do you mind if I pack ? (That Is All)