Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to budge
Participle: budged
Gerund: budging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | budge |
| you | budge |
| he;she;it | budges |
| we | budge |
| you | budge |
| they | budge |
Perfect
| I | have budged |
| you | have budged |
| he;she;it | has budged |
| we | have budged |
| you | have budged |
| they | have budged |
Past
| I | budged |
| you | budged |
| he;she;it | budged |
| we | budged |
| you | budged |
| they | budged |
Pluperfect
| I | had budged |
| you | had budged |
| he;she;it | had budged |
| we | had budged |
| you | had budged |
| they | had budged |
Future
| I | will budge |
| you | will budge |
| he;she;it | will budge |
| we | will budge |
| you | will budge |
| they | will budge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have budged |
| you | will have budged |
| he;she;it | will have budged |
| we | will have budged |
| you | will have budged |
| they | will have budged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | budge |
| you | budge |
| he;she;it | budge |
| we | budge |
| you | budge |
| they | budge |
Perfect
| I | have budged |
| you | have budged |
| he;she;it | have budged |
| we | have budged |
| you | have budged |
| they | have budged |
Imperfect
| I | budged |
| you | budged |
| he;she;it | budged |
| we | budged |
| you | budged |
| they | budged |
Pluperfect
| I | had budged |
| you | had budged |
| he;she;it | had budged |
| we | had budged |
| you | had budged |
| they | had budged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would budge |
| you | would budge |
| he;she;it | would budge |
| we | would budge |
| you | would budge |
| they | would budge |
Perfect
| I | would have budged |
| you | would have budged |
| he;she;it | would have budged |
| we | would have budged |
| you | would have budged |
| they | would have budged |
Imperative
| you | budge |
| we | Let's budge |
| you | budge |
Verbs conjugated like 'budge'
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 'budge'
badge,
bludge,
bodge,
budg,
budget,
bulge,
fudge,
judge,
nudge,
abjudge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to change position from one place to another
- interchange, move, rearrange, redistribute, relocate, shift, stir, transfer, travel
- progress
- advance, move, proceed, remove, stir, act
Antonyms
- progress
- retrogression, relapse, recession, decline
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1590, from M.Fr.
bougier "to move, stir," from V.L.
*bullicare "to bubble, boil," from L.
bullire "to boil."
2. Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil. See: Middle French '
bouger', Latin '
bullio'.
Sample Sentences
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I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
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Ile not budge an inch boy: Let him come, and kindly. [c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 208, column 1:]
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[…]although his ſouldiers were much moved and offended to ſee their fellowes put to the worſt, he could not be induced to bouge from his place[…] [1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the batell of Dreux”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 148:]
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Yet goals in either half from Jordi Gómez and James Perch inspired them and then, in the face of a relentless City onslaught, they simply would not budge, throwing heart, body and soul in the way of a ball which seemed destined for their net on several occasions. [2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:]
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The gender equality picture stateside can also seem bleak, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting reproductive rights last summer. Women still make only 83 percent of what men do in the U.S.—a stat that has barely budged in the past 20 years. [2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan:]
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I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
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The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
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If only I could get Ambrose to take me away somewhere! But he won't budge. [1933, Richard Curle, Corruption, page 75:]
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Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!