Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crater
Participle: cratered
Gerund: cratering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | crater |
| you | crater |
| he;she;it | craters |
| we | crater |
| you | crater |
| they | crater |
Perfect
| I | have cratered |
| you | have cratered |
| he;she;it | has cratered |
| we | have cratered |
| you | have cratered |
| they | have cratered |
Past
| I | cratered |
| you | cratered |
| he;she;it | cratered |
| we | cratered |
| you | cratered |
| they | cratered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cratered |
| you | had cratered |
| he;she;it | had cratered |
| we | had cratered |
| you | had cratered |
| they | had cratered |
Future
| I | will crater |
| you | will crater |
| he;she;it | will crater |
| we | will crater |
| you | will crater |
| they | will crater |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cratered |
| you | will have cratered |
| he;she;it | will have cratered |
| we | will have cratered |
| you | will have cratered |
| they | will have cratered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crater |
| you | crater |
| he;she;it | crater |
| we | crater |
| you | crater |
| they | crater |
Perfect
| I | have cratered |
| you | have cratered |
| he;she;it | have cratered |
| we | have cratered |
| you | have cratered |
| they | have cratered |
Imperfect
| I | cratered |
| you | cratered |
| he;she;it | cratered |
| we | cratered |
| you | cratered |
| they | cratered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cratered |
| you | had cratered |
| he;she;it | had cratered |
| we | had cratered |
| you | had cratered |
| they | had cratered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crater |
| you | would crater |
| he;she;it | would crater |
| we | would crater |
| you | would crater |
| they | would crater |
Perfect
| I | would have cratered |
| you | would have cratered |
| he;she;it | would have cratered |
| we | would have cratered |
| you | would have cratered |
| they | would have cratered |
Imperative
| you | crater |
| we | Let's crater |
| you | crater |
Verbs conjugated like 'crater'
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 'crater'
cater,
crate,
canter,
caper,
center,
chapter,
charter,
chate,
chatter,
clatter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Sample Sentences
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Yup, John McCain said to me the economy “is about to crater.” You folks worried about the economy? Whoo! Not me. [2008 November 25, David Letterman, quoting John McCain, “‘The Economy Is Exploding’”, in NYTimes blog:]
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Uber said on Thursday that its ride-hailing business had cratered in the second quarter as people traveled less in the pandemic. [2020 August 6, Kate Conger, “Uber’s Revenue Craters, as Deliveries Surge in Pandemic”, in New York Times:]
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The potential agreement comes after months of disputes that have created existential challenges for Twitter, cratering its share price, demoralizing its employees and spooking the advertisers it relies on for revenue. [2022 October 4, Kate Conger, Lauren Hirsch, “Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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But analysts don’t see Mr. Trump’s support cratering over Venezuela anytime soon. [2026 January 6, Linda Feldmann, Victoria Hoffmann, “Trump’s foray into Venezuela carries political risk at home”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]
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He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.