Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to zero
Participle: zeroed
Gerund: zeroing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | zero |
| you | zero |
| he;she;it | zeroes |
| we | zero |
| you | zero |
| they | zero |
Perfect
| I | have zeroed |
| you | have zeroed |
| he;she;it | has zeroed |
| we | have zeroed |
| you | have zeroed |
| they | have zeroed |
Past
| I | zeroed |
| you | zeroed |
| he;she;it | zeroed |
| we | zeroed |
| you | zeroed |
| they | zeroed |
Pluperfect
| I | had zeroed |
| you | had zeroed |
| he;she;it | had zeroed |
| we | had zeroed |
| you | had zeroed |
| they | had zeroed |
Future
| I | will zero |
| you | will zero |
| he;she;it | will zero |
| we | will zero |
| you | will zero |
| they | will zero |
Future Perfect
| I | will have zeroed |
| you | will have zeroed |
| he;she;it | will have zeroed |
| we | will have zeroed |
| you | will have zeroed |
| they | will have zeroed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | zero |
| you | zero |
| he;she;it | zero |
| we | zero |
| you | zero |
| they | zero |
Perfect
| I | have zeroed |
| you | have zeroed |
| he;she;it | have zeroed |
| we | have zeroed |
| you | have zeroed |
| they | have zeroed |
Imperfect
| I | zeroed |
| you | zeroed |
| he;she;it | zeroed |
| we | zeroed |
| you | zeroed |
| they | zeroed |
Pluperfect
| I | had zeroed |
| you | had zeroed |
| he;she;it | had zeroed |
| we | had zeroed |
| you | had zeroed |
| they | had zeroed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would zero |
| you | would zero |
| he;she;it | would zero |
| we | would zero |
| you | would zero |
| they | would zero |
Perfect
| I | would have zeroed |
| you | would have zeroed |
| he;she;it | would have zeroed |
| we | would have zeroed |
| you | would have zeroed |
| they | would have zeroed |
Imperative
| you | zero |
| we | Let's zero |
| you | zero |
Verbs conjugated like 'zero'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'zero'
zerg,
bere,
berm,
berob,
cere,
demo,
dere,
dern,
derp,
er,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.
Sample Sentences
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They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
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Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
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Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
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George parked in space 34, zeroed the trip meter, closed and locked his car, then went back to the guard shack.
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Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again. [1997, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, page 340:]
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They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies, [2001, Mark Pesce, “True Magic”, in James Frenkel, editor, True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier:]
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If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened. [2004, Anna Maxted, Being Committed, page 358:]
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The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.