pigeon-hole – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pigeon-hole

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pigeon-hole
Participle: pigeon-holed
Gerund: pigeon-holing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipigeon-hole
youpigeon-hole
he;she;itpigeon-holes
wepigeon-hole
youpigeon-hole
theypigeon-hole

Perfect

Ihave pigeon-holed
youhave pigeon-holed
he;she;ithas pigeon-holed
wehave pigeon-holed
youhave pigeon-holed
theyhave pigeon-holed

Past

Ipigeon-holed
youpigeon-holed
he;she;itpigeon-holed
wepigeon-holed
youpigeon-holed
theypigeon-holed

Pluperfect

Ihad pigeon-holed
youhad pigeon-holed
he;she;ithad pigeon-holed
wehad pigeon-holed
youhad pigeon-holed
theyhad pigeon-holed

Future

Iwill pigeon-hole
youwill pigeon-hole
he;she;itwill pigeon-hole
wewill pigeon-hole
youwill pigeon-hole
theywill pigeon-hole

Future Perfect

Iwill have pigeon-holed
youwill have pigeon-holed
he;she;itwill have pigeon-holed
wewill have pigeon-holed
youwill have pigeon-holed
theywill have pigeon-holed

Subjunctive

Present

Ipigeon-hole
youpigeon-hole
he;she;itpigeon-hole
wepigeon-hole
youpigeon-hole
theypigeon-hole

Perfect

Ihave pigeon-holed
youhave pigeon-holed
he;she;ithave pigeon-holed
wehave pigeon-holed
youhave pigeon-holed
theyhave pigeon-holed

Imperfect

Ipigeon-holed
youpigeon-holed
he;she;itpigeon-holed
wepigeon-holed
youpigeon-holed
theypigeon-holed

Pluperfect

Ihad pigeon-holed
youhad pigeon-holed
he;she;ithad pigeon-holed
wehad pigeon-holed
youhad pigeon-holed
theyhad pigeon-holed

Conditional

Present

Iwould pigeon-hole
youwould pigeon-hole
he;she;itwould pigeon-hole
wewould pigeon-hole
youwould pigeon-hole
theywould pigeon-hole

Perfect

Iwould have pigeon-holed
youwould have pigeon-holed
he;she;itwould have pigeon-holed
wewould have pigeon-holed
youwould have pigeon-holed
theywould have pigeon-holed

Imperative

youpigeon-hole
weLet's pigeon-hole
youpigeon-hole

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pigeon-holing
youare pigeon-holing
he;she;itis pigeon-holing
weare pigeon-holing
youare pigeon-holing
theyare pigeon-holing

Perfect

Ihave been pigeon-holing
youhave been pigeon-holing
he;she;ithas been pigeon-holing
wehave been pigeon-holing
youhave been pigeon-holing
theyhave been pigeon-holing

Past

Iwas pigeon-holing
youwere pigeon-holing
he;she;itwas pigeon-holing
wewere pigeon-holing
youwere pigeon-holing
theywere pigeon-holing

Pluperfect

Ihad been pigeon-holing
youhad been pigeon-holing
he;she;ithad been pigeon-holing
wehad been pigeon-holing
youhad been pigeon-holing
theyhad been pigeon-holing

Future

Iwill be pigeon-holing
youwill be pigeon-holing
he;she;itwill be pigeon-holing
wewill be pigeon-holing
youwill be pigeon-holing
theywill be pigeon-holing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pigeon-holing
youwill have been pigeon-holing
he;she;itwill have been pigeon-holing
wewill have been pigeon-holing
youwill have been pigeon-holing
theywill have been pigeon-holing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pigeon-holing
youwould be pigeon-holing
he;she;itwould be pigeon-holing
wewould be pigeon-holing
youwould be pigeon-holing
theywould be pigeon-holing

Perfect

Iwould have been pigeon-holing
youwould have been pigeon-holing
he;she;itwould have been pigeon-holing
wewould have been pigeon-holing
youwould have been pigeon-holing
theywould have been pigeon-holing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • I had proposed to pigeon-hole the walls of the drawing-room for the reception of the dictionary material. [1879, J[ames] A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray, Address to the Philological Society; quoted in “Pigeon-hole, v.”, in James A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray [et al.], editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, 1884–1928, →OCLC, page 847, column 1:]
  • He prided himself on his largeness when he granted that there were three kinds of women […] Not that he pigeon-holed Frona according to his inherited definitions. He refused to classify her at all. He did not dare. [1902 October, Jack London, chapter VII, in A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 74:]
  • [S]everal laws and regulations were enacted for the prevention of cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, and diphtheria. These laws were not carried into effect: they were pigeon-holed. [1910, Angus Hamilton, Herbert H[enry] Austin, Masatake Terauchi, “Sanitation and Water Works”, in Korea: Its History, Its People, and Its Commerce (Oriental Series; XIII), Boston, Mass.; Tokyo: J. B. Millet Company, →OCLC, page 294:]
  • "Putting the prophet Hosea to one side for the moment and temporarily pigeon-holing the children of Adullam," interrupted Myrtle, "what are we going to do about this?" [1937 July, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Anslem Gets His Chance”, in Eggs, Beans and Crumpets, London: Herbert Jenkins […], published 26 April 1940, →OCLC, page 154:]
  • The Select Committee's recommendation that those which the railways are required to provide on grounds of national interest or social needs should be subsidised by the state has obviously been pigeon-holed. [1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The White Paper”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65:]