phone – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to phone in
Participle: phoned in
Gerund: phoning in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	phone in
you	phone in
he;she;it	phones in
we	phone in
you	phone in
they	phone in

Perfect

I	have phoned in
you	have phoned in
he;she;it	has phoned in
we	have phoned in
you	have phoned in
they	have phoned in

Past

I	phoned in
you	phoned in
he;she;it	phoned in
we	phoned in
you	phoned in
they	phoned in

Pluperfect

I	had phoned in
you	had phoned in
he;she;it	had phoned in
we	had phoned in
you	had phoned in
they	had phoned in

Future

I	will phone in
you	will phone in
he;she;it	will phone in
we	will phone in
you	will phone in
they	will phone in

Future Perfect

I	will have phoned in
you	will have phoned in
he;she;it	will have phoned in
we	will have phoned in
you	will have phoned in
they	will have phoned in

Subjunctive

Present

I	phone in
you	phone in
he;she;it	phone in
we	phone in
you	phone in
they	phone in

Perfect

I	have phoned in
you	have phoned in
he;she;it	have phoned in
we	have phoned in
you	have phoned in
they	have phoned in

Imperfect

I	phoned in
you	phoned in
he;she;it	phoned in
we	phoned in
you	phoned in
they	phoned in

Pluperfect

I	had phoned in
you	had phoned in
he;she;it	had phoned in
we	had phoned in
you	had phoned in
they	had phoned in

Conditional

Present

I	would phone in
you	would phone in
he;she;it	would phone in
we	would phone in
you	would phone in
they	would phone in

Perfect

I	would have phoned in
you	would have phoned in
he;she;it	would have phoned in
we	would have phoned in
you	would have phoned in
they	would have phoned in

Imperative

you	phone in
we	Let's phone in
you	phone in

Indicative

Present

I	am phoning in
you	are phoning in
he;she;it	is phoning in
we	are phoning in
you	are phoning in
they	are phoning in

Perfect

I	have been phoning in
you	have been phoning in
he;she;it	has been phoning in
we	have been phoning in
you	have been phoning in
they	have been phoning in

Past

I	was phoning in
you	were phoning in
he;she;it	was phoning in
we	were phoning in
you	were phoning in
they	were phoning in

Pluperfect

I	had been phoning in
you	had been phoning in
he;she;it	had been phoning in
we	had been phoning in
you	had been phoning in
they	had been phoning in

Future

I	will be phoning in
you	will be phoning in
he;she;it	will be phoning in
we	will be phoning in
you	will be phoning in
they	will be phoning in

Future Perfect

I	will have been phoning in
you	will have been phoning in
he;she;it	will have been phoning in
we	will have been phoning in
you	will have been phoning in
they	will have been phoning in

Conditional

Present

I	would be phoning in
you	would be phoning in
he;she;it	would be phoning in
we	would be phoning in
you	would be phoning in
they	would be phoning in

Perfect

I	would have been phoning in
you	would have been phoning in
he;she;it	would have been phoning in
we	would have been phoning in
you	would have been phoning in
they	would have been phoning in

Verbs conjugated like 'phone'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'phone'

hone, atone, bone, chine, choke, chope, chore, clone, cone, drone,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to call a person using a telephone: call, call up, drop a line, ring, ring up, telephone

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ around (somebody), ~ round (somebody), ~ in, ~ up (somebody), ~ (somebody) up,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
3. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
4. French télé-
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
6. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
7. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der.
8. French -phone
9. French téléphonebor.
10. English telephone
11. English phone
12. Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.

Verbs referencing "phone"

Scots Gaelic fòn, French phoner, Xhosa fowuna, Zulu fowuna, Hindi फ़ोन करना.

Sample Sentences

Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
Her father told her to phone him to pick her up in case it started raining heavily.
"You bloody fools!" shrieked Nickle, stung by a sudden dreadful inspiration, "we've let him phone. He has got through!" [1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:]
It wasn’t like he was dying to get it off his chest. I think he only phoned because he knew how excited I’d be to hear about it. [2010, Tyler Keevil, chapter 32, in Fireball, Cardigan, Ceredigion: Parthian, →ISBN, page 148:]
[…] “You’d better get here within half an hour, or I’m phoning the police.” [2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026:]
Well, the first I knew, Mr. Cooney phoned he had a buyer for my farm, and wanted to know if he could come down. [1905, Patrick Woodard, quotee, “Woodard vs. Cooney”, in The South Western Reporter, volume 85:]
After I wrote the 23ⁿᵈ bout midnite Charles phoned he got my note + could I come over then? [1973 November 23, Lou Sullivan, Diary:]

phone – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of phone

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'phone'

Verbs similar to 'phone'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "phone"

Sample Sentences