Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pregame
Participle: pregamed
Gerund: pregaming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pregame |
| you | pregame |
| he;she;it | pregames |
| we | pregame |
| you | pregame |
| they | pregame |
Perfect
| I | have pregamed |
| you | have pregamed |
| he;she;it | has pregamed |
| we | have pregamed |
| you | have pregamed |
| they | have pregamed |
Past
| I | pregamed |
| you | pregamed |
| he;she;it | pregamed |
| we | pregamed |
| you | pregamed |
| they | pregamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pregamed |
| you | had pregamed |
| he;she;it | had pregamed |
| we | had pregamed |
| you | had pregamed |
| they | had pregamed |
Future
| I | will pregame |
| you | will pregame |
| he;she;it | will pregame |
| we | will pregame |
| you | will pregame |
| they | will pregame |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pregamed |
| you | will have pregamed |
| he;she;it | will have pregamed |
| we | will have pregamed |
| you | will have pregamed |
| they | will have pregamed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pregame |
| you | pregame |
| he;she;it | pregame |
| we | pregame |
| you | pregame |
| they | pregame |
Perfect
| I | have pregamed |
| you | have pregamed |
| he;she;it | have pregamed |
| we | have pregamed |
| you | have pregamed |
| they | have pregamed |
Imperfect
| I | pregamed |
| you | pregamed |
| he;she;it | pregamed |
| we | pregamed |
| you | pregamed |
| they | pregamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pregamed |
| you | had pregamed |
| he;she;it | had pregamed |
| we | had pregamed |
| you | had pregamed |
| they | had pregamed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pregame |
| you | would pregame |
| he;she;it | would pregame |
| we | would pregame |
| you | would pregame |
| they | would pregame |
Perfect
| I | would have pregamed |
| you | would have pregamed |
| he;she;it | would have pregamed |
| we | would have pregamed |
| you | would have pregamed |
| they | would have pregamed |
Imperative
| you | pregame |
| we | Let's pregame |
| you | pregame |
Verbs conjugated like 'pregame'
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 'pregame'
pregage,
prename,
preace,
preamp,
prease,
prebake,
predate,
preface,
prefade,
pregnate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-
3. Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-i
5. Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
6. Proto-Italic *prai
7. Proto-Italic *prai-
8. Latin prae-lbor.
9. Middle English pre-
10. English pre-
11. Proto-Germanic *gamaną
12. Proto-West Germanic *gaman
13. Old English gamen
14. Middle English game
15. English game
16. English pregame
17. From pre- + game.
Sample Sentences
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In some cases, pregaming is a precursor to the “real” drinking that will take place later that night at house parties or bars, but sometimes students pregame in order to get drunk before heading out to social activities[…] [2013, Karen G. Weiss, Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community, UPNE, →ISBN, page 57:]
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After pregaming, Julia heads to the Kappa Alpha party, where she discovers an unopened bottle of vodka in the basement. [2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 195:]