Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to redshirt
Participle: redshirted
Gerund: redshirting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | redshirt |
| you | redshirt |
| he;she;it | redshirts |
| we | redshirt |
| you | redshirt |
| they | redshirt |
Perfect
| I | have redshirted |
| you | have redshirted |
| he;she;it | has redshirted |
| we | have redshirted |
| you | have redshirted |
| they | have redshirted |
Past
| I | redshirted |
| you | redshirted |
| he;she;it | redshirted |
| we | redshirted |
| you | redshirted |
| they | redshirted |
Pluperfect
| I | had redshirted |
| you | had redshirted |
| he;she;it | had redshirted |
| we | had redshirted |
| you | had redshirted |
| they | had redshirted |
Future
| I | will redshirt |
| you | will redshirt |
| he;she;it | will redshirt |
| we | will redshirt |
| you | will redshirt |
| they | will redshirt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have redshirted |
| you | will have redshirted |
| he;she;it | will have redshirted |
| we | will have redshirted |
| you | will have redshirted |
| they | will have redshirted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | redshirt |
| you | redshirt |
| he;she;it | redshirt |
| we | redshirt |
| you | redshirt |
| they | redshirt |
Perfect
| I | have redshirted |
| you | have redshirted |
| he;she;it | have redshirted |
| we | have redshirted |
| you | have redshirted |
| they | have redshirted |
Imperfect
| I | redshirted |
| you | redshirted |
| he;she;it | redshirted |
| we | redshirted |
| you | redshirted |
| they | redshirted |
Pluperfect
| I | had redshirted |
| you | had redshirted |
| he;she;it | had redshirted |
| we | had redshirted |
| you | had redshirted |
| they | had redshirted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would redshirt |
| you | would redshirt |
| he;she;it | would redshirt |
| we | would redshirt |
| you | would redshirt |
| they | would redshirt |
Perfect
| I | would have redshirted |
| you | would have redshirted |
| he;she;it | would have redshirted |
| we | would have redshirted |
| you | would have redshirted |
| they | would have redshirted |
Imperative
| you | redshirt |
| we | Let's redshirt |
| you | redshirt |
Verbs conjugated like 'redshirt'
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 'redshirt'
reshift,
bedirt,
bedshare,
beskirt,
bespirt,
preshift,
re-hire,
re-shoot,
reassert,
reassort,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Calque of Italian camicia rossa, equivalent to red + shirt. In later senses with reference to the uniforms or outfits worn by such people. The fandom slang sense emerged from the tendency of red-uniformed Starfleet officers to die in episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series.
Sample Sentences
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The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk.
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Being asked whether I was going to be redshirted had some status associated with it. [2004, George R. Mills -, A View from the Bench, →ISBN:]
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Hillman, who had come to Indiana without a scholarship (he now had one) from a Los Angeles suburb, wanted to redshirt so that he would have two years of eligibility left after Alford graduated. Smith didn't want to redshirt, he wanted to play. [2012 -, John Feinstein, Season on the Brink, →ISBN, page 62:]
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1985, March 1, "Some Educators Oppose Redshirting 5-Year-Olds," The Omaha World-Herald
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Parents who redshirt their 5-year-olds instead of enrolling them in kindergarten are a concern to some Nebraska educators who are trying to reverse the trend of holding children back until age 6 to start school.