Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to neuter
Participle: neutered
Gerund: neutering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | neuter |
| you | neuter |
| he;she;it | neuters |
| we | neuter |
| you | neuter |
| they | neuter |
Perfect
| I | have neutered |
| you | have neutered |
| he;she;it | has neutered |
| we | have neutered |
| you | have neutered |
| they | have neutered |
Past
| I | neutered |
| you | neutered |
| he;she;it | neutered |
| we | neutered |
| you | neutered |
| they | neutered |
Pluperfect
| I | had neutered |
| you | had neutered |
| he;she;it | had neutered |
| we | had neutered |
| you | had neutered |
| they | had neutered |
Future
| I | will neuter |
| you | will neuter |
| he;she;it | will neuter |
| we | will neuter |
| you | will neuter |
| they | will neuter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have neutered |
| you | will have neutered |
| he;she;it | will have neutered |
| we | will have neutered |
| you | will have neutered |
| they | will have neutered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | neuter |
| you | neuter |
| he;she;it | neuter |
| we | neuter |
| you | neuter |
| they | neuter |
Perfect
| I | have neutered |
| you | have neutered |
| he;she;it | have neutered |
| we | have neutered |
| you | have neutered |
| they | have neutered |
Imperfect
| I | neutered |
| you | neutered |
| he;she;it | neutered |
| we | neutered |
| you | neutered |
| they | neutered |
Pluperfect
| I | had neutered |
| you | had neutered |
| he;she;it | had neutered |
| we | had neutered |
| you | had neutered |
| they | had neutered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would neuter |
| you | would neuter |
| he;she;it | would neuter |
| we | would neuter |
| you | would neuter |
| they | would neuter |
Perfect
| I | would have neutered |
| you | would have neutered |
| he;she;it | would have neutered |
| we | would have neutered |
| you | would have neutered |
| they | would have neutered |
Imperative
| you | neuter |
| we | Let's neuter |
| you | neuter |
Verbs conjugated like 'neuter'
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 'neuter'
feuter,
better,
center,
deter,
enter,
felter,
fester,
fetter,
fewter,
getter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English neutre, from Latin neuter, from ne (“not”) + uter (“either”), a semantic loan from Koine Greek οὐδέτερος (oudéteros); compare English either, English whether, and neither. See: English '
either', English '
whether'.
Sample Sentences
-
The neutering extends to Believe’s guest stars, with warm-and-fuzzy verses from Ludacris (“I love everything about you / You’re imperfectly perfect”), Big Sean (“I don’t know if this makes sense, but you’re my hallelujah”), Nicki Minaj (who at least squeaks a “bitches” into her verse), and especially Drake, whose desire to hug and kiss the object of his affection on “Right Here” is reminiscent of The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Krusty’s Comeback Special. [2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:]
-
Congress neutered the bill by adding an exception for big corporations.
-
Here wrangling, bitty conflicts neutered change. [1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 51:]
-
This collusion with the forces of corporate oppression neuters the press, Trump's critics and the Democratic Party. [2024 July 14, Chris Hedges, “My Thoughts On the Attempted Trump Assassination”, in The Chris Hedges Report:]
-
At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language. [1983 December 3, Warren Blumenfeld, “Am Tikva”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 7:]