Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boss
Participle: bossed
Gerund: bossing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boss |
| you | boss |
| he;she;it | bosses |
| we | boss |
| you | boss |
| they | boss |
Perfect
| I | have bossed |
| you | have bossed |
| he;she;it | has bossed |
| we | have bossed |
| you | have bossed |
| they | have bossed |
Past
| I | bossed |
| you | bossed |
| he;she;it | bossed |
| we | bossed |
| you | bossed |
| they | bossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bossed |
| you | had bossed |
| he;she;it | had bossed |
| we | had bossed |
| you | had bossed |
| they | had bossed |
Future
| I | will boss |
| you | will boss |
| he;she;it | will boss |
| we | will boss |
| you | will boss |
| they | will boss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bossed |
| you | will have bossed |
| he;she;it | will have bossed |
| we | will have bossed |
| you | will have bossed |
| they | will have bossed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boss |
| you | boss |
| he;she;it | boss |
| we | boss |
| you | boss |
| they | boss |
Perfect
| I | have bossed |
| you | have bossed |
| he;she;it | have bossed |
| we | have bossed |
| you | have bossed |
| they | have bossed |
Imperfect
| I | bossed |
| you | bossed |
| he;she;it | bossed |
| we | bossed |
| you | bossed |
| they | bossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bossed |
| you | had bossed |
| he;she;it | had bossed |
| we | had bossed |
| you | had bossed |
| they | had bossed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boss |
| you | would boss |
| he;she;it | would boss |
| we | would boss |
| you | would boss |
| they | would boss |
Perfect
| I | would have bossed |
| you | would have bossed |
| he;she;it | would have bossed |
| we | would have bossed |
| you | would have bossed |
| they | would have bossed |
Imperative
| you | boss |
| we | Let's boss |
| you | boss |
Verbs conjugated like 'boss'
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 'boss'
bass,
bose,
bosh,
bost,
buss,
doss,
Joss,
loss,
moss,
oss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
3. Proto-Germanic *bō-?
4. Proto-Germanic *baswô
5. Proto-West Germanic *baswō
6. Old Dutch *baso
7. Middle Dutch baes
8. Dutch baasbor.
9. English boss
10. Borrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).
11. Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master.
12. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), borrowed from English boss. See: English '
boss'.
Verbs referencing "boss"
English
boss, Sranan
basi, Tok Pisin bosim.
Sample Sentences
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By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost. [1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher)]
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His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...] [1932, Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child, page 76:]
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She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...] [1967, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight, page 90:]
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For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...] [1980, Jean Toomer, The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer, page 40:]
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Clarke was undoubtedly made to change things and for spells, the Czechs bossed the game. Scotland's midfield was nullified, Dykes struggled to hold the ball up while, barring a small handful of forays by Robertson, there was a distinct lack of width from the Scots. [2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:]