pack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pack
Participle: packed
Gerund: packing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipack
youpack
he;she;itpacks
wepack
youpack
theypack

Perfect

Ihave packed
youhave packed
he;she;ithas packed
wehave packed
youhave packed
theyhave packed

Past

Ipacked
youpacked
he;she;itpacked
wepacked
youpacked
theypacked

Pluperfect

Ihad packed
youhad packed
he;she;ithad packed
wehad packed
youhad packed
theyhad packed

Future

Iwill pack
youwill pack
he;she;itwill pack
wewill pack
youwill pack
theywill pack

Future Perfect

Iwill have packed
youwill have packed
he;she;itwill have packed
wewill have packed
youwill have packed
theywill have packed

Subjunctive

Present

Ipack
youpack
he;she;itpack
wepack
youpack
theypack

Perfect

Ihave packed
youhave packed
he;she;ithave packed
wehave packed
youhave packed
theyhave packed

Imperfect

Ipacked
youpacked
he;she;itpacked
wepacked
youpacked
theypacked

Pluperfect

Ihad packed
youhad packed
he;she;ithad packed
wehad packed
youhad packed
theyhad packed

Conditional

Present

Iwould pack
youwould pack
he;she;itwould pack
wewould pack
youwould pack
theywould pack

Perfect

Iwould have packed
youwould have packed
he;she;itwould have packed
wewould have packed
youwould have packed
theywould have packed

Imperative

youpack
weLet's pack
youpack

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam packing
youare packing
he;she;itis packing
weare packing
youare packing
theyare packing

Perfect

Ihave been packing
youhave been packing
he;she;ithas been packing
wehave been packing
youhave been packing
theyhave been packing

Past

Iwas packing
youwere packing
he;she;itwas packing
wewere packing
youwere packing
theywere packing

Pluperfect

Ihad been packing
youhad been packing
he;she;ithad been packing
wehad been packing
youhad been packing
theyhad been packing

Future

Iwill be packing
youwill be packing
he;she;itwill be packing
wewill be packing
youwill be packing
theywill be packing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been packing
youwill have been packing
he;she;itwill have been packing
wewill have been packing
youwill have been packing
theywill have been packing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be packing
youwould be packing
he;she;itwould be packing
wewould be packing
youwould be packing
theywould be packing

Perfect

Iwould have been packing
youwould have been packing
he;she;itwould have been packing
wewould have been packing
youwould have been packing
theywould have been packing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pack'

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 'pack'

back, cack, dack, fack, gack, hack, jack, lack, mack, nack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to come together as a group
assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, team, team up, throng
to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
compress
bind, cram, press, stow, contract, condense
load
burden, lade

Antonyms

compress
increase, extend, spread, stretch
load
unload, disburden, disencumber, relieve

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”). See: Middle English 'pakken'.

Verbs referencing "pack"

Finnish with old forms pakata, German, old spelling packen, Xhosa pakisha, Lithuanian pakuoti.

Sample Sentences

  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hour at which we should arrive at Liverpool, may be easily imagined and readily understood. Also, how heartily we drank the captain 's health that day at dinner; and how restless we became about packing up: and how two or three of the most sanguine spirits rejected the idea of going to bed at all that night as something it was not worth while to do, so near the shore, but went nevertheless, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, Tom, ” said St. Clare, the day after he had commenced the legal formalities for his enfranchisement, “ I 'm going to make a free man of you; — so have your trunk packed, and get ready to set out for Kentuck. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Think I'll pass. Your loss. For sure. Actually, do you mind if I pack ? (That Is All)