decouple – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of decouple

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to decouple
Participle: decoupled
Gerund: decoupling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idecouple
youdecouple
he;she;itdecouples
wedecouple
youdecouple
theydecouple

Perfect

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

Past

Idecoupled
youdecoupled
he;she;itdecoupled
wedecoupled
youdecoupled
theydecoupled

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Idecouple
youdecouple
he;she;itdecouple
wedecouple
youdecouple
theydecouple

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Idecoupled
youdecoupled
he;she;itdecoupled
wedecoupled
youdecoupled
theydecoupled

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youdecouple
weLet's decouple
youdecouple

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to disunite a thing from another thing
detach, disconnect, disengage, rip off, tear off, unconnect, uncouple, unfasten, unhitch

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- + couple.

Sample Sentences

  • radiation decoupled from matter
  • to decouple a spent rocket stage
  • Wild said in a previous project update that Bond Street had been "decoupled from the opening of the railway" and that it is not yet clear if it will open as part of the initial Elizabeth Line opening this spring. [2022 February 9, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Crossrail's Canary Wharf the ninth station to transfer to TfL”, in RAIL, number 950, page 15:]
  • Smaller explosions and decoupled tests would be permitted. Further, the United States proposed that the three powers should start intensive research on the improvement of methods for detection and identification of underground explosions […] [1961, Hans Albrecht Bethe, Edward Teller, The Future of Nuclear Tests, page 18:]
  • Decoupled tests would be nuclear explosions set off in massive underground caverns, a site that would greatly reduce the seismic waves caused by the explosion. [1993, Sam Marullo, Ending the Cold War at Home, page 55:]