Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to volley
Participle: volleyed
Gerund: volleying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | volley |
| you | volley |
| he;she;it | volleys |
| we | volley |
| you | volley |
| they | volley |
Perfect
| I | have volleyed |
| you | have volleyed |
| he;she;it | has volleyed |
| we | have volleyed |
| you | have volleyed |
| they | have volleyed |
Past
| I | volleyed |
| you | volleyed |
| he;she;it | volleyed |
| we | volleyed |
| you | volleyed |
| they | volleyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had volleyed |
| you | had volleyed |
| he;she;it | had volleyed |
| we | had volleyed |
| you | had volleyed |
| they | had volleyed |
Future
| I | will volley |
| you | will volley |
| he;she;it | will volley |
| we | will volley |
| you | will volley |
| they | will volley |
Future Perfect
| I | will have volleyed |
| you | will have volleyed |
| he;she;it | will have volleyed |
| we | will have volleyed |
| you | will have volleyed |
| they | will have volleyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | volley |
| you | volley |
| he;she;it | volley |
| we | volley |
| you | volley |
| they | volley |
Perfect
| I | have volleyed |
| you | have volleyed |
| he;she;it | have volleyed |
| we | have volleyed |
| you | have volleyed |
| they | have volleyed |
Imperfect
| I | volleyed |
| you | volleyed |
| he;she;it | volleyed |
| we | volleyed |
| you | volleyed |
| they | volleyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had volleyed |
| you | had volleyed |
| he;she;it | had volleyed |
| we | had volleyed |
| you | had volleyed |
| they | had volleyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would volley |
| you | would volley |
| he;she;it | would volley |
| we | would volley |
| you | would volley |
| they | would volley |
Perfect
| I | would have volleyed |
| you | would have volleyed |
| he;she;it | would have volleyed |
| we | would have volleyed |
| you | would have volleyed |
| they | would have volleyed |
Imperative
| you | volley |
| we | Let's volley |
| you | volley |
Verbs conjugated like 'volley'
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 'volley'
jolley,
colly,
dolly,
foller,
golly,
gulley,
holler,
jolly,
pollen,
pulley,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1573, "discharge of a number of guns at once," from M.Fr. volee "flight" (12c.), from V.L. *volta, fem. noun from L. volatum, pp. of volare "to fly." Sporting sense (originally in tennis) is from 1819 (v.), 1862 (n.), from notion of hitting the ball in flight. Volleyball is attested from 1896.
2. From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.
Sample Sentences
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Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club. [2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:]