trade – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of trade

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to trade
Participle: traded
Gerund: trading

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itrade
youtrade
he;she;ittrades
wetrade
youtrade
theytrade

Perfect

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

Past

Itraded
youtraded
he;she;ittraded
wetraded
youtraded
theytraded

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Itrade
youtrade
he;she;ittrade
wetrade
youtrade
theytrade

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Itraded
youtraded
he;she;ittraded
wetraded
youtraded
theytraded

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtrade
weLet's trade
youtrade

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'trade'

grade, tirade, trace, trape, abrade, arace, arage, atrede, blade, brace,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trade or barter
exchange, barter
to mutually give and receive something
interchange
to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money
exchange, merchandise, traffic, wrixle
To trade, exchange; barter.
barter, truck
to make an agreement, deal or contract
agree, bargain, come to terms, contract, covenant, deal, do business, engage, guarantee, make terms, negotiate, promise, sell, stipulate
exchange
barter, swap, dealing, traffic, commerce, business, purchase, sale
patronize
shop, purchase, buy, sell

Additional Information

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-
3. Proto-Germanic *tradō
4. Proto-West Germanic *trudo
5. Old Saxon tradader.
6. Middle Low German tradeder.
7. Middle English trade
8. English trade
9. From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”).
10. Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”). See: Old English 'tredan'.

Verbs referencing "trade"

French trader, German, old spelling traden.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome gal once, in Orleans, as was entirely ruined by this sort o ’ handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I'll trade with you then, and make it for your advantage, ” said Mrs. Shelby. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Wal, jest so with me, ” said Haley. “ Last summer, down on Red River, I got a gal traded off on me, with a likely lookin ’ child enough, and his eyes looked as bright as yourn; but, come to look, I found him stone blind. Fact—he was stone blind. Wal, ye see, I thought there warn't no [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ How in the world can the two things be compared ? ” said Miss Ophelia. “ The English laborer is not sold, traded, parted from his family, whipped. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Lor, you did ! Be hanged if they ar’n't lucky to get shet of ye. Spects they's gwine to trade ye off with a lot o ’ cracked tea-pots and sich like ! ” said Sambo, with a provoking grin. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] proverbially, the hardest masters of slaves; the sons of the free states would not have connived at the extension of slavery, in our national body; the sons of the free states would not, as they do, trade the souls and bodies of men as an equivalent to money, in their mercantile dealings. There are multitudes of slaves temporarily owned, and sold again, by merchants in northern cities; and shall the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)