Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to withstand
Participle: withstood
Gerund: withstanding
Indicative
Present
| I | withstand |
| you | withstand |
| he;she;it | withstands |
| we | withstand |
| you | withstand |
| they | withstand |
Perfect
| I | have withstood |
| you | have withstood |
| he;she;it | has withstood |
| we | have withstood |
| you | have withstood |
| they | have withstood |
Past
| I | withstood |
| you | withstood |
| he;she;it | withstood |
| we | withstood |
| you | withstood |
| they | withstood |
Pluperfect
| I | had withstood |
| you | had withstood |
| he;she;it | had withstood |
| we | had withstood |
| you | had withstood |
| they | had withstood |
Future
| I | will withstand |
| you | will withstand |
| he;she;it | will withstand |
| we | will withstand |
| you | will withstand |
| they | will withstand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have withstood |
| you | will have withstood |
| he;she;it | will have withstood |
| we | will have withstood |
| you | will have withstood |
| they | will have withstood |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | withstand |
| you | withstand |
| he;she;it | withstand |
| we | withstand |
| you | withstand |
| they | withstand |
Perfect
| I | have withstood |
| you | have withstood |
| he;she;it | have withstood |
| we | have withstood |
| you | have withstood |
| they | have withstood |
Imperfect
| I | withstood |
| you | withstood |
| he;she;it | withstood |
| we | withstood |
| you | withstood |
| they | withstood |
Pluperfect
| I | had withstood |
| you | had withstood |
| he;she;it | had withstood |
| we | had withstood |
| you | had withstood |
| they | had withstood |
Conditional
Present
| I | would withstand |
| you | would withstand |
| he;she;it | would withstand |
| we | would withstand |
| you | would withstand |
| they | would withstand |
Perfect
| I | would have withstood |
| you | would have withstood |
| he;she;it | would have withstood |
| we | would have withstood |
| you | would have withstood |
| they | would have withstood |
Imperative
| you | withstand |
| we | Let's withstand |
| you | withstand |
Verbs conjugated like 'withstand'
misunderstand,
outstand,
stand,
understand,
withstand,
astand,
atstand,
bestand,
forestand,
forstand,
offstand,
reunderstand,
unnerstand,
Verbs similar to 'withstand'
withstay,
atstand,
outstand,
wet-sand,
withsave,
withsay,
withstrain,
astand,
bestand,
disband,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
wiðstandan, from
wið "against" (see with) +
standan "to stand" (see stand (v.)); perhaps a loan-translation of L.
resistere "to resist." Cf. O.N.
viðstanda, O.Fris.
withstonda, O.H.G.
widarstan.
2. From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþistandan (“to withstand, resist”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Cognate with Old Frisian withstanda (“to resist”). Compare also Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”), Russian противостоять (protivostojatʹ, “to withstand”). See: Old English '
wiþstandan', Dutch '
weerstaan', German, old spelling '
widerstehen'.
Verbs referencing "withstand"
German, old spelling
widerstehen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] or to crack my voice by shouting forth any reference to our Glorious Constitution, to the noble purity of our independent voters, or, the unimpeachable integrity of our independent members. Having withstood such strong attacks upon my fortitude, it is possible that I may be of a cold and insensible temperament, amounting to iciness, in such matters; and therefore my impressions of the live pillars of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)