sense – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sense

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sense
Participle: sensed
Gerund: sensing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of sense

Indicative

Present

Isense
yousense
he;she;itsenses
wesense
yousense
theysense

Perfect

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

Past

Isensed
yousensed
he;she;itsensed
wesensed
yousensed
theysensed

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Isense
yousense
he;she;itsense
wesense
yousense
theysense

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Isensed
yousensed
he;she;itsensed
wesensed
yousensed
theysensed

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

yousense
weLet's sense
yousense

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'sense'

cense, mense, seise, tense, cease, densen, ease, ensew, ensue, fease,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to use biological senses
discern, make out, perceive

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.
3. Proto-Italic *sentiō
4. Latin sentiō
5. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
6. Proto-Italic *-tus
7. Latin -tus
8. Latin sēnsusbor.
9. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz
10. Frankish *sinnbor.
11. Vulgar Latin *sennus
12. Old French sensbor.
13. Middle English sense
14. English sense
15. From Middle English sense, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, perception, direction”); partly from Latin sēnsus (“sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly of Germanic origin (whence also Occitan sen, Italian senno), from Vulgar Latin *sennus (“sense, reason, way”), from Frankish *sinn ("reason, judgement, mental faculty, way, direction"; whence also Dutch zin, German Sinn, Swedish sinne, Norwegian sinn). Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). See: Swedish 'sinne'.

Verbs referencing "sense"

French asséner.

Sample Sentences

  • She immediately sensed her disdain.