Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to backstop
Participle: backstopd
Gerund: backstoping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | backstop |
| you | backstop |
| he;she;it | backstops |
| we | backstop |
| you | backstop |
| they | backstop |
Perfect
| I | have backstopd |
| you | have backstopd |
| he;she;it | has backstopd |
| we | have backstopd |
| you | have backstopd |
| they | have backstopd |
Past
| I | backstopd |
| you | backstopd |
| he;she;it | backstopd |
| we | backstopd |
| you | backstopd |
| they | backstopd |
Pluperfect
| I | had backstopd |
| you | had backstopd |
| he;she;it | had backstopd |
| we | had backstopd |
| you | had backstopd |
| they | had backstopd |
Future
| I | will backstop |
| you | will backstop |
| he;she;it | will backstop |
| we | will backstop |
| you | will backstop |
| they | will backstop |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backstopd |
| you | will have backstopd |
| he;she;it | will have backstopd |
| we | will have backstopd |
| you | will have backstopd |
| they | will have backstopd |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | backstop |
| you | backstop |
| he;she;it | backstop |
| we | backstop |
| you | backstop |
| they | backstop |
Perfect
| I | have backstopd |
| you | have backstopd |
| he;she;it | have backstopd |
| we | have backstopd |
| you | have backstopd |
| they | have backstopd |
Imperfect
| I | backstopd |
| you | backstopd |
| he;she;it | backstopd |
| we | backstopd |
| you | backstopd |
| they | backstopd |
Pluperfect
| I | had backstopd |
| you | had backstopd |
| he;she;it | had backstopd |
| we | had backstopd |
| you | had backstopd |
| they | had backstopd |
Conditional
Present
| I | would backstop |
| you | would backstop |
| he;she;it | would backstop |
| we | would backstop |
| you | would backstop |
| they | would backstop |
Perfect
| I | would have backstopd |
| you | would have backstopd |
| he;she;it | would have backstopd |
| we | would have backstopd |
| you | would have backstopd |
| they | would have backstopd |
Imperative
| you | backstop |
| we | Let's backstop |
| you | backstop |
Verbs conjugated like 'backstop'
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 'backstop'
backstep,
backdrop,
backslap,
backstab,
black-top,
blacktop,
backdoor,
backflip,
backfoot,
backlog,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From back + stop.
Sample Sentences
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Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian. [2013 March 26, Douglas Busvine, Darya Korsunskaya, “Russia backstops Cyprus bailout despite anger”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2013:]