ant – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ant

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ant
Participle: anted
Gerund: anting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of ant

Indicative

Present

Iant
youant
he;she;itants
weant
youant
theyant

Perfect

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

Past

Ianted
youanted
he;she;itanted
weanted
youanted
theyanted

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iant
youant
he;she;itant
weant
youant
theyant

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ianted
youanted
he;she;itanted
weanted
youanted
theyanted

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youant
weLet's ant
youant

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'ant'

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 'ant'

act, and, ante, apt, cant, ent, jant, lant, pant, rant,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā
3. Old English ǣmete
4. Middle English ampte
5. English ant
6. From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmytte, ǣmætte (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (“ant”), of uncertain and debated origin (q.v.), but probably from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). See also emmet.
7. Cognates
8. Cognate with Yola emotee, emothee (“ant”), West Frisian eamel, eamelder, eameler (“ant”), Alemannic German Ameisse (“ant”), Bavarian Åmasn, Åmeisn (“ant”), Cimbrian amasa (“ant”), Dutch emt (“ant”), German Ameise, Emse (“ant”), Low German Emk (“ant”), Vilamovian ömys (“ant”), Yiddish אַמייזע (ameyze, “ant”). See: Alemannic German 'Ameisse'.

Sample Sentences

  • Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer. [1974, Eloise Potter and Doris Hauser, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk, volume 91, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2011, page 538:]