Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deflate
Participle: deflated
Gerund: deflating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | deflate |
| you | deflate |
| he;she;it | deflates |
| we | deflate |
| you | deflate |
| they | deflate |
Perfect
| I | have deflated |
| you | have deflated |
| he;she;it | has deflated |
| we | have deflated |
| you | have deflated |
| they | have deflated |
Past
| I | deflated |
| you | deflated |
| he;she;it | deflated |
| we | deflated |
| you | deflated |
| they | deflated |
Pluperfect
| I | had deflated |
| you | had deflated |
| he;she;it | had deflated |
| we | had deflated |
| you | had deflated |
| they | had deflated |
Future
| I | will deflate |
| you | will deflate |
| he;she;it | will deflate |
| we | will deflate |
| you | will deflate |
| they | will deflate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deflated |
| you | will have deflated |
| he;she;it | will have deflated |
| we | will have deflated |
| you | will have deflated |
| they | will have deflated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deflate |
| you | deflate |
| he;she;it | deflate |
| we | deflate |
| you | deflate |
| they | deflate |
Perfect
| I | have deflated |
| you | have deflated |
| he;she;it | have deflated |
| we | have deflated |
| you | have deflated |
| they | have deflated |
Imperfect
| I | deflated |
| you | deflated |
| he;she;it | deflated |
| we | deflated |
| you | deflated |
| they | deflated |
Pluperfect
| I | had deflated |
| you | had deflated |
| he;she;it | had deflated |
| we | had deflated |
| you | had deflated |
| they | had deflated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deflate |
| you | would deflate |
| he;she;it | would deflate |
| we | would deflate |
| you | would deflate |
| they | would deflate |
Perfect
| I | would have deflated |
| you | would have deflated |
| he;she;it | would have deflated |
| we | would have deflated |
| you | would have deflated |
| they | would have deflated |
Imperative
| you | deflate |
| we | Let's deflate |
| you | deflate |
Verbs conjugated like 'deflate'
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 'deflate'
delate,
reflate,
beflake,
belate,
dealbate,
debate,
declare,
deface,
defæcate,
defalcate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1891, in reference to balloons, coinage based on
inflate. L.
deflare meant "to blow away," but in the modern word the prefix is taken in the sense of "down."
Deflation in reference to currency or economic situations is from 1920.
2. From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "deflate"
Finnish with old forms
deflatoida.
Sample Sentences
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deflate someone's ego
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Scotland's first match at a men's major finals in 23 years ended in anguish after Patrik Schick's incredible halfway-line goal helped the Czech Republic inflict a deflating opening Euro 2020 defeat at Hampden. [2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:]
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Never had a problem, guess I've never had to deflate multiple files! [2003, Alan D Johnson, “unzip utility on HPUX”, in comp.sys.hp.hpux (Usenet):]