trade – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of trade

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to trade upon sth
Participle: traded upon sth
Gerund: trading upon sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itrade upon sth
youtrade upon sth
he;she;ittrades upon sth
wetrade upon sth
youtrade upon sth
theytrade upon sth

Perfect

Ihave traded upon sth
youhave traded upon sth
he;she;ithas traded upon sth
wehave traded upon sth
youhave traded upon sth
theyhave traded upon sth

Past

Itraded upon sth
youtraded upon sth
he;she;ittraded upon sth
wetraded upon sth
youtraded upon sth
theytraded upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad traded upon sth
youhad traded upon sth
he;she;ithad traded upon sth
wehad traded upon sth
youhad traded upon sth
theyhad traded upon sth

Future

Iwill trade upon sth
youwill trade upon sth
he;she;itwill trade upon sth
wewill trade upon sth
youwill trade upon sth
theywill trade upon sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have traded upon sth
youwill have traded upon sth
he;she;itwill have traded upon sth
wewill have traded upon sth
youwill have traded upon sth
theywill have traded upon sth

Subjunctive

Present

Itrade upon sth
youtrade upon sth
he;she;ittrade upon sth
wetrade upon sth
youtrade upon sth
theytrade upon sth

Perfect

Ihave traded upon sth
youhave traded upon sth
he;she;ithave traded upon sth
wehave traded upon sth
youhave traded upon sth
theyhave traded upon sth

Imperfect

Itraded upon sth
youtraded upon sth
he;she;ittraded upon sth
wetraded upon sth
youtraded upon sth
theytraded upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad traded upon sth
youhad traded upon sth
he;she;ithad traded upon sth
wehad traded upon sth
youhad traded upon sth
theyhad traded upon sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould trade upon sth
youwould trade upon sth
he;she;itwould trade upon sth
wewould trade upon sth
youwould trade upon sth
theywould trade upon sth

Perfect

Iwould have traded upon sth
youwould have traded upon sth
he;she;itwould have traded upon sth
wewould have traded upon sth
youwould have traded upon sth
theywould have traded upon sth

Imperative

youtrade upon sth
weLet's trade upon sth
youtrade upon sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam trading upon sth
youare trading upon sth
he;she;itis trading upon sth
weare trading upon sth
youare trading upon sth
theyare trading upon sth

Perfect

Ihave been trading upon sth
youhave been trading upon sth
he;she;ithas been trading upon sth
wehave been trading upon sth
youhave been trading upon sth
theyhave been trading upon sth

Past

Iwas trading upon sth
youwere trading upon sth
he;she;itwas trading upon sth
wewere trading upon sth
youwere trading upon sth
theywere trading upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been trading upon sth
youhad been trading upon sth
he;she;ithad been trading upon sth
wehad been trading upon sth
youhad been trading upon sth
theyhad been trading upon sth

Future

Iwill be trading upon sth
youwill be trading upon sth
he;she;itwill be trading upon sth
wewill be trading upon sth
youwill be trading upon sth
theywill be trading upon sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been trading upon sth
youwill have been trading upon sth
he;she;itwill have been trading upon sth
wewill have been trading upon sth
youwill have been trading upon sth
theywill have been trading upon sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be trading upon sth
youwould be trading upon sth
he;she;itwould be trading upon sth
wewould be trading upon sth
youwould be trading upon sth
theywould be trading upon sth

Perfect

Iwould have been trading upon sth
youwould have been trading upon sth
he;she;itwould have been trading upon sth
wewould have been trading upon sth
youwould have been trading upon sth
theywould have been trading upon sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'trade'

grade, tirade, trace, trape, abrade, arace, arage, atrede, blade, brace,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trade or barter
exchange, barter
to mutually give and receive something
interchange
to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money
exchange, merchandise, traffic, wrixle
To trade, exchange; barter.
barter, truck
to make an agreement, deal or contract
agree, bargain, come to terms, contract, covenant, deal, do business, engage, guarantee, make terms, negotiate, promise, sell, stipulate
exchange
barter, swap, dealing, traffic, commerce, business, purchase, sale
patronize
shop, purchase, buy, sell

Additional Information

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-
3. Proto-Germanic *tradō
4. Proto-West Germanic *trudo
5. Old Saxon tradader.
6. Middle Low German tradeder.
7. Middle English trade
8. English trade
9. From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”).
10. Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”). See: Old English 'tredan'.

Verbs referencing "trade"

French trader, German, old spelling traden.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome gal once, in Orleans, as was entirely ruined by this sort o ’ handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I'll trade with you then, and make it for your advantage, ” said Mrs. Shelby. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Wal, jest so with me, ” said Haley. “ Last summer, down on Red River, I got a gal traded off on me, with a likely lookin ’ child enough, and his eyes looked as bright as yourn; but, come to look, I found him stone blind. Fact—he was stone blind. Wal, ye see, I thought there warn't no [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ How in the world can the two things be compared ? ” said Miss Ophelia. “ The English laborer is not sold, traded, parted from his family, whipped. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Lor, you did ! Be hanged if they ar’n't lucky to get shet of ye. Spects they's gwine to trade ye off with a lot o ’ cracked tea-pots and sich like ! ” said Sambo, with a provoking grin. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] proverbially, the hardest masters of slaves; the sons of the free states would not have connived at the extension of slavery, in our national body; the sons of the free states would not, as they do, trade the souls and bodies of men as an equivalent to money, in their mercantile dealings. There are multitudes of slaves temporarily owned, and sold again, by merchants in northern cities; and shall the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)