Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curt
Participle: curted
Gerund: curting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curt |
| you | curt |
| he;she;it | curts |
| we | curt |
| you | curt |
| they | curt |
Perfect
| I | have curted |
| you | have curted |
| he;she;it | has curted |
| we | have curted |
| you | have curted |
| they | have curted |
Past
| I | curted |
| you | curted |
| he;she;it | curted |
| we | curted |
| you | curted |
| they | curted |
Pluperfect
| I | had curted |
| you | had curted |
| he;she;it | had curted |
| we | had curted |
| you | had curted |
| they | had curted |
Future
| I | will curt |
| you | will curt |
| he;she;it | will curt |
| we | will curt |
| you | will curt |
| they | will curt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curted |
| you | will have curted |
| he;she;it | will have curted |
| we | will have curted |
| you | will have curted |
| they | will have curted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curt |
| you | curt |
| he;she;it | curt |
| we | curt |
| you | curt |
| they | curt |
Perfect
| I | have curted |
| you | have curted |
| he;she;it | have curted |
| we | have curted |
| you | have curted |
| they | have curted |
Imperfect
| I | curted |
| you | curted |
| he;she;it | curted |
| we | curted |
| you | curted |
| they | curted |
Pluperfect
| I | had curted |
| you | had curted |
| he;she;it | had curted |
| we | had curted |
| you | had curted |
| they | had curted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curt |
| you | would curt |
| he;she;it | would curt |
| we | would curt |
| you | would curt |
| they | would curt |
Perfect
| I | would have curted |
| you | would have curted |
| he;she;it | would have curted |
| we | would have curted |
| you | would have curted |
| they | would have curted |
Imperative
| you | curt |
| we | Let's curt |
| you | curt |
Verbs conjugated like 'curt'
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 'curt'
cart,
court,
curb,
curd,
cure,
curl,
curr,
cut,
hurt,
airt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make shorter
- abbreviate, abridge, chop off, compress, condense, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, trim, truncate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.
Sample Sentences
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Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away. [1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:]