play-act – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of play-act

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to play-act
Participle: play-acted
Gerund: play-acting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iplay-act
youplay-act
he;she;itplay-acts
weplay-act
youplay-act
theyplay-act

Perfect

Ihave play-acted
youhave play-acted
he;she;ithas play-acted
wehave play-acted
youhave play-acted
theyhave play-acted

Past

Iplay-acted
youplay-acted
he;she;itplay-acted
weplay-acted
youplay-acted
theyplay-acted

Pluperfect

Ihad play-acted
youhad play-acted
he;she;ithad play-acted
wehad play-acted
youhad play-acted
theyhad play-acted

Future

Iwill play-act
youwill play-act
he;she;itwill play-act
wewill play-act
youwill play-act
theywill play-act

Future Perfect

Iwill have play-acted
youwill have play-acted
he;she;itwill have play-acted
wewill have play-acted
youwill have play-acted
theywill have play-acted

Subjunctive

Present

Iplay-act
youplay-act
he;she;itplay-act
weplay-act
youplay-act
theyplay-act

Perfect

Ihave play-acted
youhave play-acted
he;she;ithave play-acted
wehave play-acted
youhave play-acted
theyhave play-acted

Imperfect

Iplay-acted
youplay-acted
he;she;itplay-acted
weplay-acted
youplay-acted
theyplay-acted

Pluperfect

Ihad play-acted
youhad play-acted
he;she;ithad play-acted
wehad play-acted
youhad play-acted
theyhad play-acted

Conditional

Present

Iwould play-act
youwould play-act
he;she;itwould play-act
wewould play-act
youwould play-act
theywould play-act

Perfect

Iwould have play-acted
youwould have play-acted
he;she;itwould have play-acted
wewould have play-acted
youwould have play-acted
theywould have play-acted

Imperative

youplay-act
weLet's play-act
youplay-act

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam play-acting
youare play-acting
he;she;itis play-acting
weare play-acting
youare play-acting
theyare play-acting

Perfect

Ihave been play-acting
youhave been play-acting
he;she;ithas been play-acting
wehave been play-acting
youhave been play-acting
theyhave been play-acting

Past

Iwas play-acting
youwere play-acting
he;she;itwas play-acting
wewere play-acting
youwere play-acting
theywere play-acting

Pluperfect

Ihad been play-acting
youhad been play-acting
he;she;ithad been play-acting
wehad been play-acting
youhad been play-acting
theyhad been play-acting

Future

Iwill be play-acting
youwill be play-acting
he;she;itwill be play-acting
wewill be play-acting
youwill be play-acting
theywill be play-acting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been play-acting
youwill have been play-acting
he;she;itwill have been play-acting
wewill have been play-acting
youwill have been play-acting
theywill have been play-acting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be play-acting
youwould be play-acting
he;she;itwould be play-acting
wewould be play-acting
youwould be play-acting
theywould be play-acting

Perfect

Iwould have been play-acting
youwould have been play-acting
he;she;itwould have been play-acting
wewould have been play-acting
youwould have been play-acting
theywould have been play-acting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'play-act'

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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Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • Kelly’s involvement made it a song not only about fame, but also about alleged sex across creepy power differentials. This wasn’t really even subtext: Gaga and Kelly playacted an Oval Office affair at the American Music Awards. [2019 January 11, Spencer Kornhaber, “Lady Gaga’s R. Kelly Apology Is a Reminder That Abuse Isn’t Provocative”, in The Atlantic:]
  • The most Trump can imagine selling is himself, and what that self is is merely a hologram, a weightless shape. He play-acts at being a businessman. He play-acts at being a president. The only thing that’s authentic about him is his comic-book worldview, one divided between heroes and villains, us and them. [2020 August 24, Jennifer Senior, “Let the Culture Wars Begin. Again.”, in The New York Times:]
  • Abby, watching Harper give the closeted performance that she’s been giving her whole life, sees a side of her that she doesn’t like — the one who play-acts and denies herself almost too well. [2020 November 20, Owen Gleiberman, “‘Happiest Season’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis in a Christmas Rom-Com That Earns Its Emotion”, in Variety:]
  • Little girls aren’t taught to play-act at being queen. They play-act at being princesses, which is a much gauzier, more romantic kind of role. [2022 September 8, Monica Hesse, “Queen Elizabeth II did her job”, in The Washington Post:]
  • If the devil’s advocate playacts disagreement with you for the sake of strengthening your argument, the concern troll is his mirror image, a person who pretends to agree with you in order to undermine you. [2018 April 3, Nitsuh Abebe, “Why Have We Soured on the ‘Devil’s Advocate’?”, in The New York Times:]
  • Asked after the match if Djokovic had been play-acting the symptoms of cramp, Murray replied “I don't know. I would hope that that wouldn't be the case. But, yeah, if it was cramp, that's a tough thing to recover from and play as well as he did at the end.” [2020 September 6, Simon Briggs, “Novak Djokovic possesses a volcanic intensity but sometimes that fire shows itself in unflattering ways”, in The Daily Telegraph:]