Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dim
Participle: dimmed
Gerund: dimming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dim |
| you | dim |
| he;she;it | dims |
| we | dim |
| you | dim |
| they | dim |
Perfect
| I | have dimmed |
| you | have dimmed |
| he;she;it | has dimmed |
| we | have dimmed |
| you | have dimmed |
| they | have dimmed |
Past
| I | dimmed |
| you | dimmed |
| he;she;it | dimmed |
| we | dimmed |
| you | dimmed |
| they | dimmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dimmed |
| you | had dimmed |
| he;she;it | had dimmed |
| we | had dimmed |
| you | had dimmed |
| they | had dimmed |
Future
| I | will dim |
| you | will dim |
| he;she;it | will dim |
| we | will dim |
| you | will dim |
| they | will dim |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dimmed |
| you | will have dimmed |
| he;she;it | will have dimmed |
| we | will have dimmed |
| you | will have dimmed |
| they | will have dimmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dim |
| you | dim |
| he;she;it | dim |
| we | dim |
| you | dim |
| they | dim |
Perfect
| I | have dimmed |
| you | have dimmed |
| he;she;it | have dimmed |
| we | have dimmed |
| you | have dimmed |
| they | have dimmed |
Imperfect
| I | dimmed |
| you | dimmed |
| he;she;it | dimmed |
| we | dimmed |
| you | dimmed |
| they | dimmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dimmed |
| you | had dimmed |
| he;she;it | had dimmed |
| we | had dimmed |
| you | had dimmed |
| they | had dimmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dim |
| you | would dim |
| he;she;it | would dim |
| we | would dim |
| you | would dim |
| they | would dim |
Perfect
| I | would have dimmed |
| you | would have dimmed |
| he;she;it | would have dimmed |
| we | would have dimmed |
| you | would have dimmed |
| they | would have dimmed |
Imperative
| you | dim |
| we | Let's dim |
| you | dim |
Verbs conjugated like 'dim'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dim'
aim,
dam,
dib,
die,
dig,
dime,
din,
dip,
dis,
dit,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).
Verbs referencing "dim"
Dutch
dimmen.
Sample Sentences
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He dimmed the lights and put on soft music.
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The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.
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a king among his courtiers,[…] who out to dim the lustre of all his attendants [1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:]
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Now ſet the ſun, and twilight dimm'd the ways, […] [1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book II.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 42, line 501:]
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And with our Sun-bright armour as we march,
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Weel chaſe the Starrs from heauen, and dim their eies
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That ſtand and muſe at our admyred armes. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:]
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Her starry eyes were dimm'd with streaming tears. [1740, Christopher Pitt, The Aeneid:]
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All these setbacks had started to dim the hopes of the students.
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Nothing will dim their spirit of resilience.
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A glut might dim the outlook for grain futures.