Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wager
Participle: wagered
Gerund: wagering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wager |
| you | wager |
| he;she;it | wagers |
| we | wager |
| you | wager |
| they | wager |
Perfect
| I | have wagered |
| you | have wagered |
| he;she;it | has wagered |
| we | have wagered |
| you | have wagered |
| they | have wagered |
Past
| I | wagered |
| you | wagered |
| he;she;it | wagered |
| we | wagered |
| you | wagered |
| they | wagered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wagered |
| you | had wagered |
| he;she;it | had wagered |
| we | had wagered |
| you | had wagered |
| they | had wagered |
Future
| I | will wager |
| you | will wager |
| he;she;it | will wager |
| we | will wager |
| you | will wager |
| they | will wager |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wagered |
| you | will have wagered |
| he;she;it | will have wagered |
| we | will have wagered |
| you | will have wagered |
| they | will have wagered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wager |
| you | wager |
| he;she;it | wager |
| we | wager |
| you | wager |
| they | wager |
Perfect
| I | have wagered |
| you | have wagered |
| he;she;it | have wagered |
| we | have wagered |
| you | have wagered |
| they | have wagered |
Imperfect
| I | wagered |
| you | wagered |
| he;she;it | wagered |
| we | wagered |
| you | wagered |
| they | wagered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wagered |
| you | had wagered |
| he;she;it | had wagered |
| we | had wagered |
| you | had wagered |
| they | had wagered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wager |
| you | would wager |
| he;she;it | would wager |
| we | would wager |
| you | would wager |
| they | would wager |
Perfect
| I | would have wagered |
| you | would have wagered |
| he;she;it | would have wagered |
| we | would have wagered |
| you | would have wagered |
| they | would have wagered |
Imperative
| you | wager |
| we | Let's wager |
| you | wager |
Verbs conjugated like 'wager'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wager'
lager,
wafer,
wage,
water,
waver,
age,
anger,
auger,
aver,
badger,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1303, from Anglo-Fr. wageure, from O.N.Fr. wagier "to pledge" (see wage (n.)). The verb is first recorded 1602.
2. From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage. See: Wallon 'wadjî'.
Sample Sentences
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I'd wager my boots on it.
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They have hired high-tech security companies to monitor wagers at a granular level and implemented sophisticated algorithmic systems to spot unusual gambling activity, ensuring that no athlete would be foolish enough to wager on a game. [2025 October 24, Keith O’Brien, “Sports Can’t Survive Prop Bets”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2025:]
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I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.