constrain – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of constrain

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to constrain
Participle: constrained
Gerund: constraining

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iconstrain
youconstrain
he;she;itconstrains
weconstrain
youconstrain
theyconstrain

Perfect

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

Past

Iconstrained
youconstrained
he;she;itconstrained
weconstrained
youconstrained
theyconstrained

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iconstrain
youconstrain
he;she;itconstrain
weconstrain
youconstrain
theyconstrain

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iconstrained
youconstrained
he;she;itconstrained
weconstrained
youconstrained
theyconstrained

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youconstrain
weLet's constrain
youconstrain

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'constrain'

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

force
coerce, compel, require, drive, urge, pressure, oblige, thrust
bully
railroad, tyrannize, bulldoze, threaten
confine
restrict, curb, stifle, check, restrain, enclose, bind

Antonyms

force
impotence, frailty, feebleness, inability

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1340, from stem of O.Fr. constreindre, from L. constringere "to bind together, tie tightly," from com- "together" + stringere "to draw tight" (see strain (v.)).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
4. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
5. Proto-Italic *kom
6. Proto-Italic *kom-
7. Latin cōn-
8. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-né-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-ti
11. Proto-Indo-European *strinégti
12. Proto-Italic *stringō
13. Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-
14. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
15. Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti
16. Proto-Italic *strengō
17. Latin stringō
18. Latin cōnstringōder.
19. Old French constreindrebor.
20. Middle English constreinen
21. English constrain
22. From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin cōnstringō, from cōn- (“with, together”) + stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”). See: Latin 'cōnstringō'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] and then before her and behind, and gathering close about her on all sides, were so many of these ill-favoured obstacles that she was fairly hemmed in; the centre of a floating island; and was constrained to pause until they parted, somewhere, as dark clouds will do before the wind, and opened by degrees a channel out. (American Notes for General Circulation)