Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to span
Participle: spanned
Gerund: spanning
Indicative
Present
| I | span |
| you | span |
| he;she;it | spans |
| we | span |
| you | span |
| they | span |
Perfect
| I | have spanned |
| you | have spanned |
| he;she;it | has spanned |
| we | have spanned |
| you | have spanned |
| they | have spanned |
Past
| I | spanned |
| you | spanned |
| he;she;it | spanned |
| we | spanned |
| you | spanned |
| they | spanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had spanned |
| you | had spanned |
| he;she;it | had spanned |
| we | had spanned |
| you | had spanned |
| they | had spanned |
Future
| I | will span |
| you | will span |
| he;she;it | will span |
| we | will span |
| you | will span |
| they | will span |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spanned |
| you | will have spanned |
| he;she;it | will have spanned |
| we | will have spanned |
| you | will have spanned |
| they | will have spanned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | span |
| you | span |
| he;she;it | span |
| we | span |
| you | span |
| they | span |
Perfect
| I | have spanned |
| you | have spanned |
| he;she;it | have spanned |
| we | have spanned |
| you | have spanned |
| they | have spanned |
Imperfect
| I | spanned |
| you | spanned |
| he;she;it | spanned |
| we | spanned |
| you | spanned |
| they | spanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had spanned |
| you | had spanned |
| he;she;it | had spanned |
| we | had spanned |
| you | had spanned |
| they | had spanned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would span |
| you | would span |
| he;she;it | would span |
| we | would span |
| you | would span |
| they | would span |
Perfect
| I | would have spanned |
| you | would have spanned |
| he;she;it | would have spanned |
| we | would have spanned |
| you | would have spanned |
| they | would have spanned |
Imperative
| you | span |
| we | Let's span |
| you | span |
Verbs conjugated like 'span'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'span'
pan,
scan,
sean,
spam,
spane,
spang,
spank,
spar,
spat,
spawn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spannen, from Old English spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną (“to stretch, span”). Cognate with German spannen, Dutch spannen. See: Middle English '
spannen', Old English '
spannan', Proto-Germanic '
*spannaną', German, old spelling '
spannen', Dutch '
spannen'.
Verbs referencing "span"
French
épanouir, Luxembourgish
spanen.
Sample Sentences
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I think in every quiet season now, still do those waters roll and leap, and roar and tumble, all day long; still are the rainbows spanning them, a hundred feet below. Still, when the sun is on them, do they shine and glow like molten gold. Still, when the day is gloomy, do they fall like snow, or seem to crumble away like the front [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)