Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to traverse
Participle: traversed
Gerund: traversing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | traverse |
| you | traverse |
| he;she;it | traverses |
| we | traverse |
| you | traverse |
| they | traverse |
Perfect
| I | have traversed |
| you | have traversed |
| he;she;it | has traversed |
| we | have traversed |
| you | have traversed |
| they | have traversed |
Past
| I | traversed |
| you | traversed |
| he;she;it | traversed |
| we | traversed |
| you | traversed |
| they | traversed |
Pluperfect
| I | had traversed |
| you | had traversed |
| he;she;it | had traversed |
| we | had traversed |
| you | had traversed |
| they | had traversed |
Future
| I | will traverse |
| you | will traverse |
| he;she;it | will traverse |
| we | will traverse |
| you | will traverse |
| they | will traverse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have traversed |
| you | will have traversed |
| he;she;it | will have traversed |
| we | will have traversed |
| you | will have traversed |
| they | will have traversed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | traverse |
| you | traverse |
| he;she;it | traverse |
| we | traverse |
| you | traverse |
| they | traverse |
Perfect
| I | have traversed |
| you | have traversed |
| he;she;it | have traversed |
| we | have traversed |
| you | have traversed |
| they | have traversed |
Imperfect
| I | traversed |
| you | traversed |
| he;she;it | traversed |
| we | traversed |
| you | traversed |
| they | traversed |
Pluperfect
| I | had traversed |
| you | had traversed |
| he;she;it | had traversed |
| we | had traversed |
| you | had traversed |
| they | had traversed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would traverse |
| you | would traverse |
| he;she;it | would traverse |
| we | would traverse |
| you | would traverse |
| they | would traverse |
Perfect
| I | would have traversed |
| you | would have traversed |
| he;she;it | would have traversed |
| we | would have traversed |
| you | would have traversed |
| they | would have traversed |
Imperative
| you | traverse |
| we | Let's traverse |
| you | traverse |
Verbs conjugated like 'traverse'
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 'traverse'
averse,
retraverse,
reverse,
transverse,
adverse,
converse,
diverse,
everse,
inverse,
renverse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- obstruct
- thwart, contravene, frustrate
- oppose
- contradict, deny
- cross
- transverse
Antonyms
- obstruct
- promote, advance, support, help
- oppose
- approve, applaud, aid, attest
- cross
- sweet, amenable, complaisant, supporting
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, "pass across, over, or through," from O.Fr.
traverser "to cross, thwart" (11c.), from V.L.
*traversare, from L.
transversare "to cross, throw across," from L.
transversus "turn across" (see transverse). The noun meaning "act of passing through a gate, crossing a bridge, etc." is recorded from 1347; meaning "a passage by which one may traverse" is recorded from 1678. Military foritifcation sense of "barrier, barricade" is recorded from 1599.
2. From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). See: Old French '
traverser', Latin '
vertere'.
Sample Sentences
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* * * * * The term we had assigned for the duration of our stay in Washington was now at an end, and we were to begin to travel; for the railroad distances we had traversed yet, in journeying among these older towns, are on that great continent looked upon as nothing.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] planes; five ascending, and five descending; the carriages are dragged up the former, and let slowly down the latter, by means of stationary engines; the comparatively level spaces between, being traversed, sometimes by horse, and sometimes by engine power, as the case demands. Occasionally the rails are laid upon the extreme verge of a giddy precipice; and looking from the carriage window, the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] short of us in a very business-like manner when we reached the canal: and, before we left the wharf, went panting up this hill again, with the passengers who had waited our arrival for the means of traversing the road by which we had come.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] little of that sense of freedom and exhilaration which a Scottish heath inspires, or even our English downs awaken. It was lonely and wild, but oppressive in its barren monotony. I felt that in traversing the Prairies, I could never abandon myself to the scene, forgetful of all else; as I should do instinctively, were the heather underneath my feet, or an iron-bound coast beyond; but should often [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] was situated directly on the Red River. With a memory sharpened to almost preternatural clearness, she remarked every turn in the road, and formed a mental estimate of the time to be occupied in traversing it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)