Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lack
Participle: lacked
Gerund: lacking
Indicative
Present
| I | lack |
| you | lack |
| he;she;it | lacks |
| we | lack |
| you | lack |
| they | lack |
Perfect
| I | have lacked |
| you | have lacked |
| he;she;it | has lacked |
| we | have lacked |
| you | have lacked |
| they | have lacked |
Past
| I | lacked |
| you | lacked |
| he;she;it | lacked |
| we | lacked |
| you | lacked |
| they | lacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had lacked |
| you | had lacked |
| he;she;it | had lacked |
| we | had lacked |
| you | had lacked |
| they | had lacked |
Future
| I | will lack |
| you | will lack |
| he;she;it | will lack |
| we | will lack |
| you | will lack |
| they | will lack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lacked |
| you | will have lacked |
| he;she;it | will have lacked |
| we | will have lacked |
| you | will have lacked |
| they | will have lacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lack |
| you | lack |
| he;she;it | lack |
| we | lack |
| you | lack |
| they | lack |
Perfect
| I | have lacked |
| you | have lacked |
| he;she;it | have lacked |
| we | have lacked |
| you | have lacked |
| they | have lacked |
Imperfect
| I | lacked |
| you | lacked |
| he;she;it | lacked |
| we | lacked |
| you | lacked |
| they | lacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had lacked |
| you | had lacked |
| he;she;it | had lacked |
| we | had lacked |
| you | had lacked |
| they | had lacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lack |
| you | would lack |
| he;she;it | would lack |
| we | would lack |
| you | would lack |
| they | would lack |
Perfect
| I | would have lacked |
| you | would have lacked |
| he;she;it | would have lacked |
| we | would have lacked |
| you | would have lacked |
| they | would have lacked |
Imperative
| you | lack |
| we | Let's lack |
| you | lack |
Verbs conjugated like 'lack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lack'
back,
black,
cack,
clack,
dack,
fack,
flack,
gack,
hack,
jack,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English lacken, lakken, laken, from Old English læccian, *lacian (“to blame, criticise, lack”), from Proto-West Germanic *lak(k)ōn (“to blame, be lacking”), from Proto-Germanic *lak(k)ōną (“to reproach, blame, be lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with Old Frisian lakia, lekia (“to contest, blame”), Middle Low German lacken, laken (“to reproach, blame, criticise”), Middle Dutch laken (“to disapprove, blame, lack”), Dutch laken (“to blame, reproach”). See: Old Frisian 'lakia', Dutch '
laken'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] secrets from the public eye, was not entertainable for a moment. Even where a blazing fire shone through the uncurtained windows of some distant house, it had the air of being newly lighted, and of lacking warmth; and instead of awakening thoughts of a snug chamber, bright with faces that first saw the light round that same hearth, and ruddy with warm hangings, it came upon one suggestive of the smell [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] nothing, and lead nowhere; streets, mile-long, that only want houses, roads and inhabitants; public buildings that need but a public to be complete; and ornaments of great thoroughfares, which only lack great thoroughfares to ornament—are its leading features. One might fancy the season over, and most of the houses gone out of town for ever with their masters. To the admirers of cities it is a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)