Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decompose
Participle: decomposed
Gerund: decomposing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decompose |
| you | decompose |
| he;she;it | decomposes |
| we | decompose |
| you | decompose |
| they | decompose |
Perfect
| I | have decomposed |
| you | have decomposed |
| he;she;it | has decomposed |
| we | have decomposed |
| you | have decomposed |
| they | have decomposed |
Past
| I | decomposed |
| you | decomposed |
| he;she;it | decomposed |
| we | decomposed |
| you | decomposed |
| they | decomposed |
Pluperfect
| I | had decomposed |
| you | had decomposed |
| he;she;it | had decomposed |
| we | had decomposed |
| you | had decomposed |
| they | had decomposed |
Future
| I | will decompose |
| you | will decompose |
| he;she;it | will decompose |
| we | will decompose |
| you | will decompose |
| they | will decompose |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decomposed |
| you | will have decomposed |
| he;she;it | will have decomposed |
| we | will have decomposed |
| you | will have decomposed |
| they | will have decomposed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decompose |
| you | decompose |
| he;she;it | decompose |
| we | decompose |
| you | decompose |
| they | decompose |
Perfect
| I | have decomposed |
| you | have decomposed |
| he;she;it | have decomposed |
| we | have decomposed |
| you | have decomposed |
| they | have decomposed |
Imperfect
| I | decomposed |
| you | decomposed |
| he;she;it | decomposed |
| we | decomposed |
| you | decomposed |
| they | decomposed |
Pluperfect
| I | had decomposed |
| you | had decomposed |
| he;she;it | had decomposed |
| we | had decomposed |
| you | had decomposed |
| they | had decomposed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decompose |
| you | would decompose |
| he;she;it | would decompose |
| we | would decompose |
| you | would decompose |
| they | would decompose |
Perfect
| I | would have decomposed |
| you | would have decomposed |
| he;she;it | would have decomposed |
| we | would have decomposed |
| you | would have decomposed |
| they | would have decomposed |
Imperative
| you | decompose |
| we | Let's decompose |
| you | decompose |
Verbs conjugated like 'decompose'
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 'decompose'
recompose,
cocompose,
compose,
decompile,
discompose,
precompose,
recompost,
becomse,
compone,
compost,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- separate
- analyze, disintegrate, distill, fractionate
- decay
- crumble, mould, putrefy, rot
Antonyms
- to make up the whole
- deform, compose, unform
- separate
- connect, combine, attach, consolidate
- decay
- flourish, grow, increase, progress
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- + compose.
Sample Sentences
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Various fungi can decompose wood.
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Our team decomposed this task into several subtasks that could be successfully distributed.
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Plastics can take centuries to decompose.
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Nor had the post mortem on Newson's body revealed any illness or other physical condition that might have prevented him from applying the brake, although after four days in the oven-like heat of the wreckage, the body was so badly decomposed as to make any reliable post mortem results unlikely. [2025 February 19, Mike Lewis, “Tragedy at Moorgate”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 59, about the Moorgate tube crash:]