Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beeline
Participle: beelined
Gerund: beelining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | beeline |
| you | beeline |
| he;she;it | beelines |
| we | beeline |
| you | beeline |
| they | beeline |
Perfect
| I | have beelined |
| you | have beelined |
| he;she;it | has beelined |
| we | have beelined |
| you | have beelined |
| they | have beelined |
Past
| I | beelined |
| you | beelined |
| he;she;it | beelined |
| we | beelined |
| you | beelined |
| they | beelined |
Pluperfect
| I | had beelined |
| you | had beelined |
| he;she;it | had beelined |
| we | had beelined |
| you | had beelined |
| they | had beelined |
Future
| I | will beeline |
| you | will beeline |
| he;she;it | will beeline |
| we | will beeline |
| you | will beeline |
| they | will beeline |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beelined |
| you | will have beelined |
| he;she;it | will have beelined |
| we | will have beelined |
| you | will have beelined |
| they | will have beelined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beeline |
| you | beeline |
| he;she;it | beeline |
| we | beeline |
| you | beeline |
| they | beeline |
Perfect
| I | have beelined |
| you | have beelined |
| he;she;it | have beelined |
| we | have beelined |
| you | have beelined |
| they | have beelined |
Imperfect
| I | beelined |
| you | beelined |
| he;she;it | beelined |
| we | beelined |
| you | beelined |
| they | beelined |
Pluperfect
| I | had beelined |
| you | had beelined |
| he;she;it | had beelined |
| we | had beelined |
| you | had beelined |
| they | had beelined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beeline |
| you | would beeline |
| he;she;it | would beeline |
| we | would beeline |
| you | would beeline |
| they | would beeline |
Perfect
| I | would have beelined |
| you | would have beelined |
| he;she;it | would have beelined |
| we | would have beelined |
| you | would have beelined |
| they | would have beelined |
Imperative
| you | beeline |
| we | Let's beeline |
| you | beeline |
Verbs conjugated like 'beeline'
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 'beeline'
baseline,
beblind,
beehive,
belie,
belike,
belime,
berine,
beshine,
beslime,
betine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From bee + line, due to the belief that a bee returns to its hive in a straight course, originally an Americanism.
Sample Sentences
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A uniformed policeman came off the elevator and beelined for the nurse's station. I beelined into the stairwell. I wasn't in the mood for chatting with the police. [2002, Tim Cockey, Hearse of a Different Color, Hachette Books, →ISBN:]
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Suddenly, a woman beelines to the president, climbs to join him on his platform, there’s no security around to stop her and leans in for a kiss. [2009 November 24, Simon Dumenco, “Oriole Kooky”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]