Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to steepen
Participle: steepened
Gerund: steepening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | steepen |
| you | steepen |
| he;she;it | steepens |
| we | steepen |
| you | steepen |
| they | steepen |
Perfect
| I | have steepened |
| you | have steepened |
| he;she;it | has steepened |
| we | have steepened |
| you | have steepened |
| they | have steepened |
Past
| I | steepened |
| you | steepened |
| he;she;it | steepened |
| we | steepened |
| you | steepened |
| they | steepened |
Pluperfect
| I | had steepened |
| you | had steepened |
| he;she;it | had steepened |
| we | had steepened |
| you | had steepened |
| they | had steepened |
Future
| I | will steepen |
| you | will steepen |
| he;she;it | will steepen |
| we | will steepen |
| you | will steepen |
| they | will steepen |
Future Perfect
| I | will have steepened |
| you | will have steepened |
| he;she;it | will have steepened |
| we | will have steepened |
| you | will have steepened |
| they | will have steepened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | steepen |
| you | steepen |
| he;she;it | steepen |
| we | steepen |
| you | steepen |
| they | steepen |
Perfect
| I | have steepened |
| you | have steepened |
| he;she;it | have steepened |
| we | have steepened |
| you | have steepened |
| they | have steepened |
Imperfect
| I | steepened |
| you | steepened |
| he;she;it | steepened |
| we | steepened |
| you | steepened |
| they | steepened |
Pluperfect
| I | had steepened |
| you | had steepened |
| he;she;it | had steepened |
| we | had steepened |
| you | had steepened |
| they | had steepened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would steepen |
| you | would steepen |
| he;she;it | would steepen |
| we | would steepen |
| you | would steepen |
| they | would steepen |
Perfect
| I | would have steepened |
| you | would have steepened |
| he;she;it | would have steepened |
| we | would have steepened |
| you | would have steepened |
| they | would have steepened |
Imperative
| you | steepen |
| we | Let's steepen |
| you | steepen |
Verbs conjugated like 'steepen'
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 'steepen'
deepen,
sleeken,
sleepe,
sleeper,
steen,
steep,
steeple,
steeve,
steven,
sweeten,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From steep + -en. Compare Old English stīepan (“to steepen”).
Sample Sentences
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With a rare and beautiful ease one can now ring up a boffin, as I did the other day, and say: "As a price for not opposing our Parliamentary Powers for a new marshalling yard, the Council at X demands that the bridge over X Lane shall have 16 ft. 6 in. headroom. This means steepening our gradient from 1 in 70 to 1 in 65 for half a mile on a 20-chain curve. What difference will this make to the loads of Type "2", "3" and "4" diesels please?". Back comes the answer. [1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244:]
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As the way steepened […] I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path.
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Soon after Crowhurst, the down grade steepens to 1 in 100 as the line descends the side of a valley, at the mouth of which a glimpse of the sea can be caught—the only one. [1957 August 26, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 528:]
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Immediately beyond Churn Lane the climb begins at 1 in 78, steepening to 1 in 66. Speed soon falls and a number of heavy hop-pickers' specials have come to grief here. [1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170:]