straiten – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of straiten

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to straiten
Participle: straitened
Gerund: straitening

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Istraiten
youstraiten
he;she;itstraitens
westraiten
youstraiten
theystraiten

Perfect

Ihave straitened
youhave straitened
he;she;ithas straitened
wehave straitened
youhave straitened
theyhave straitened

Past

Istraitened
youstraitened
he;she;itstraitened
westraitened
youstraitened
theystraitened

Pluperfect

Ihad straitened
youhad straitened
he;she;ithad straitened
wehad straitened
youhad straitened
theyhad straitened

Future

Iwill straiten
youwill straiten
he;she;itwill straiten
wewill straiten
youwill straiten
theywill straiten

Future Perfect

Iwill have straitened
youwill have straitened
he;she;itwill have straitened
wewill have straitened
youwill have straitened
theywill have straitened

Subjunctive

Present

Istraiten
youstraiten
he;she;itstraiten
westraiten
youstraiten
theystraiten

Perfect

Ihave straitened
youhave straitened
he;she;ithave straitened
wehave straitened
youhave straitened
theyhave straitened

Imperfect

Istraitened
youstraitened
he;she;itstraitened
westraitened
youstraitened
theystraitened

Pluperfect

Ihad straitened
youhad straitened
he;she;ithad straitened
wehad straitened
youhad straitened
theyhad straitened

Conditional

Present

Iwould straiten
youwould straiten
he;she;itwould straiten
wewould straiten
youwould straiten
theywould straiten

Perfect

Iwould have straitened
youwould have straitened
he;she;itwould have straitened
wewould have straitened
youwould have straitened
theywould have straitened

Imperative

youstraiten
weLet's straiten
youstraiten

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam straitening
youare straitening
he;she;itis straitening
weare straitening
youare straitening
theyare straitening

Perfect

Ihave been straitening
youhave been straitening
he;she;ithas been straitening
wehave been straitening
youhave been straitening
theyhave been straitening

Past

Iwas straitening
youwere straitening
he;she;itwas straitening
wewere straitening
youwere straitening
theywere straitening

Pluperfect

Ihad been straitening
youhad been straitening
he;she;ithad been straitening
wehad been straitening
youhad been straitening
theyhad been straitening

Future

Iwill be straitening
youwill be straitening
he;she;itwill be straitening
wewill be straitening
youwill be straitening
theywill be straitening

Future Perfect

Iwill have been straitening
youwill have been straitening
he;she;itwill have been straitening
wewill have been straitening
youwill have been straitening
theywill have been straitening

Conditional

Present

Iwould be straitening
youwould be straitening
he;she;itwould be straitening
wewould be straitening
youwould be straitening
theywould be straitening

Perfect

Iwould have been straitening
youwould have been straitening
he;she;itwould have been straitening
wewould have been straitening
youwould have been straitening
theywould have been straitening

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'straiten'

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)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

restrict or diminish
curb
to make narrower
contract, narrow
to keep under control
behedge, bind, chasten, check, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain

Antonyms

to make wider
lengthen, shorten, widen
to make narrower
widen

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.
  • And the reason why Birds are Oviparous and lay Eggs, but do not bring forth their yong alive, is, because there might be more plenty of them also, and that neither the Birds of prey, the Serpent nor the Fowler, should streighten their generations too much. [1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67]
  • Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.