clone – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of clone

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to clone
Participle: cloned
Gerund: cloning

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iclone
youclone
he;she;itclones
weclone
youclone
theyclone

Perfect

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

Past

Icloned
youcloned
he;she;itcloned
wecloned
youcloned
theycloned

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iclone
youclone
he;she;itclone
weclone
youclone
theyclone

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Icloned
youcloned
he;she;itcloned
wecloned
youcloned
theycloned

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youclone
weLet's clone
youclone

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'clone'

cloke, clome, clonk, close, cone, aline, alose, atone, blond, blore,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to produce an object identical to a given object
copy, facsimile, replicate, reproduce

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

Verbs referencing "clone"

Dutch klonen, Icelandic klóna, Thai โคลน, Esperanto kloni.

Sample Sentences

  • The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
  • We cloned the database to perform some testing.