Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to eavesdrop
Participle: eavesdropped
Gerund: eavesdropping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | eavesdrop |
| you | eavesdrop |
| he;she;it | eavesdrops |
| we | eavesdrop |
| you | eavesdrop |
| they | eavesdrop |
Perfect
| I | have eavesdropped |
| you | have eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | has eavesdropped |
| we | have eavesdropped |
| you | have eavesdropped |
| they | have eavesdropped |
Past
| I | eavesdropped |
| you | eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | eavesdropped |
| we | eavesdropped |
| you | eavesdropped |
| they | eavesdropped |
Pluperfect
| I | had eavesdropped |
| you | had eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | had eavesdropped |
| we | had eavesdropped |
| you | had eavesdropped |
| they | had eavesdropped |
Future
| I | will eavesdrop |
| you | will eavesdrop |
| he;she;it | will eavesdrop |
| we | will eavesdrop |
| you | will eavesdrop |
| they | will eavesdrop |
Future Perfect
| I | will have eavesdropped |
| you | will have eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | will have eavesdropped |
| we | will have eavesdropped |
| you | will have eavesdropped |
| they | will have eavesdropped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | eavesdrop |
| you | eavesdrop |
| he;she;it | eavesdrop |
| we | eavesdrop |
| you | eavesdrop |
| they | eavesdrop |
Perfect
| I | have eavesdropped |
| you | have eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | have eavesdropped |
| we | have eavesdropped |
| you | have eavesdropped |
| they | have eavesdropped |
Imperfect
| I | eavesdropped |
| you | eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | eavesdropped |
| we | eavesdropped |
| you | eavesdropped |
| they | eavesdropped |
Pluperfect
| I | had eavesdropped |
| you | had eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | had eavesdropped |
| we | had eavesdropped |
| you | had eavesdropped |
| they | had eavesdropped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would eavesdrop |
| you | would eavesdrop |
| he;she;it | would eavesdrop |
| we | would eavesdrop |
| you | would eavesdrop |
| they | would eavesdrop |
Perfect
| I | would have eavesdropped |
| you | would have eavesdropped |
| he;she;it | would have eavesdropped |
| we | would have eavesdropped |
| you | would have eavesdropped |
| they | would have eavesdropped |
Imperative
| you | eavesdrop |
| we | Let's eavesdrop |
| you | eavesdrop |
Verbs conjugated like 'eavesdrop'
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 'eavesdrop'
evesdrop,
name-drop,
namedrop,
overdrop,
air-drop,
airdrop,
backdrop,
bedrop,
eavesread,
envelop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From eaves + drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense.
Sample Sentences
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You shouldn't eavesdrop, David. I told you: You'll only hear things you'll wish you hadn't. [1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders:]
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I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.
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[…] Eastern Red Bat will eavesdrop on the sonar calls of other red bats to locate potential insect prey. [1993, David W. Nagorsen, Robert Mark Brigham, Royal British Columbia Museum, Bats of British Columbia, page 109:]
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Frog-biting midges also depend on eavesdropping for reproduction, and one would predict similarly strong selection to evolve auditory adaptations for hearing and localizing calls of their hosts. [2014, Ken Yasukawa, Animal Behavior: How and Why Animals Do the Things They Do:]