Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to staircase
Participle: staircased
Gerund: staircasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | staircase |
| you | staircase |
| he;she;it | staircases |
| we | staircase |
| you | staircase |
| they | staircase |
Perfect
| I | have staircased |
| you | have staircased |
| he;she;it | has staircased |
| we | have staircased |
| you | have staircased |
| they | have staircased |
Past
| I | staircased |
| you | staircased |
| he;she;it | staircased |
| we | staircased |
| you | staircased |
| they | staircased |
Pluperfect
| I | had staircased |
| you | had staircased |
| he;she;it | had staircased |
| we | had staircased |
| you | had staircased |
| they | had staircased |
Future
| I | will staircase |
| you | will staircase |
| he;she;it | will staircase |
| we | will staircase |
| you | will staircase |
| they | will staircase |
Future Perfect
| I | will have staircased |
| you | will have staircased |
| he;she;it | will have staircased |
| we | will have staircased |
| you | will have staircased |
| they | will have staircased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | staircase |
| you | staircase |
| he;she;it | staircase |
| we | staircase |
| you | staircase |
| they | staircase |
Perfect
| I | have staircased |
| you | have staircased |
| he;she;it | have staircased |
| we | have staircased |
| you | have staircased |
| they | have staircased |
Imperfect
| I | staircased |
| you | staircased |
| he;she;it | staircased |
| we | staircased |
| you | staircased |
| they | staircased |
Pluperfect
| I | had staircased |
| you | had staircased |
| he;she;it | had staircased |
| we | had staircased |
| you | had staircased |
| they | had staircased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would staircase |
| you | would staircase |
| he;she;it | would staircase |
| we | would staircase |
| you | would staircase |
| they | would staircase |
Perfect
| I | would have staircased |
| you | would have staircased |
| he;she;it | would have staircased |
| we | would have staircased |
| you | would have staircased |
| they | would have staircased |
Imperative
| you | staircase |
| we | Let's staircase |
| you | staircase |
Verbs conjugated like 'staircase'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'staircase'
sarcase,
stargaze,
starvate,
staycate,
suitcase,
abrase,
acrase,
airdash,
discase,
eclaircise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
4. Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti
5. Proto-Germanic *stīganą
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
7. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
8. Proto-Germanic *-janą
9. Proto-Germanic *staigijaną
10. Proto-Indo-European *-rós
11. Proto-Germanic *-raz
12. Proto-Germanic *staigraz
13. Proto-Germanic *staigriz
14. Proto-West Germanic *staigri
15. Old English stǣġer
16. Middle English steire
17. English stair
18. English case
19. English staircase
20. From stair + case.
Sample Sentences
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This leads to much smoother reconstructions in regions of moderate gradient and thus prevents staircasing. [2006, Nikos Paragios, Yunmei Chen, Olivier D. Faugeras, editors, Handbook of Mathematical Models in Computer Vision, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:]
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It is a good idea to make plans for staircasing when you first buy your shared ownership home. [2018, Dave Cowan, Helen Carr, Alison Wallace, Ownership, Narrative, Things, Springer, →ISBN, page 139:]