deal – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of deal

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to deal in sth
Participle: dealt in sth
Gerund: dealing in sth

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of deal

Indicative

Present

Ideal in sth
youdeal in sth
he;she;itdeals in sth
wedeal in sth
youdeal in sth
theydeal in sth

Perfect

Ihave dealt in sth
youhave dealt in sth
he;she;ithas dealt in sth
wehave dealt in sth
youhave dealt in sth
theyhave dealt in sth

Past

Idealt in sth
youdealt in sth
he;she;itdealt in sth
wedealt in sth
youdealt in sth
theydealt in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad dealt in sth
youhad dealt in sth
he;she;ithad dealt in sth
wehad dealt in sth
youhad dealt in sth
theyhad dealt in sth

Future

Iwill deal in sth
youwill deal in sth
he;she;itwill deal in sth
wewill deal in sth
youwill deal in sth
theywill deal in sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have dealt in sth
youwill have dealt in sth
he;she;itwill have dealt in sth
wewill have dealt in sth
youwill have dealt in sth
theywill have dealt in sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ideal in sth
youdeal in sth
he;she;itdeal in sth
wedeal in sth
youdeal in sth
theydeal in sth

Perfect

Ihave dealt in sth
youhave dealt in sth
he;she;ithave dealt in sth
wehave dealt in sth
youhave dealt in sth
theyhave dealt in sth

Imperfect

Idealt in sth
youdealt in sth
he;she;itdealt in sth
wedealt in sth
youdealt in sth
theydealt in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad dealt in sth
youhad dealt in sth
he;she;ithad dealt in sth
wehad dealt in sth
youhad dealt in sth
theyhad dealt in sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould deal in sth
youwould deal in sth
he;she;itwould deal in sth
wewould deal in sth
youwould deal in sth
theywould deal in sth

Perfect

Iwould have dealt in sth
youwould have dealt in sth
he;she;itwould have dealt in sth
wewould have dealt in sth
youwould have dealt in sth
theywould have dealt in sth

Imperative

youdeal in sth
weLet's deal in sth
youdeal in sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dealing in sth
youare dealing in sth
he;she;itis dealing in sth
weare dealing in sth
youare dealing in sth
theyare dealing in sth

Perfect

Ihave been dealing in sth
youhave been dealing in sth
he;she;ithas been dealing in sth
wehave been dealing in sth
youhave been dealing in sth
theyhave been dealing in sth

Past

Iwas dealing in sth
youwere dealing in sth
he;she;itwas dealing in sth
wewere dealing in sth
youwere dealing in sth
theywere dealing in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been dealing in sth
youhad been dealing in sth
he;she;ithad been dealing in sth
wehad been dealing in sth
youhad been dealing in sth
theyhad been dealing in sth

Future

Iwill be dealing in sth
youwill be dealing in sth
he;she;itwill be dealing in sth
wewill be dealing in sth
youwill be dealing in sth
theywill be dealing in sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dealing in sth
youwill have been dealing in sth
he;she;itwill have been dealing in sth
wewill have been dealing in sth
youwill have been dealing in sth
theywill have been dealing in sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dealing in sth
youwould be dealing in sth
he;she;itwould be dealing in sth
wewould be dealing in sth
youwould be dealing in sth
theywould be dealing in sth

Perfect

Iwould have been dealing in sth
youwould have been dealing in sth
he;she;itwould have been dealing in sth
wewould have been dealing in sth
youwould have been dealing in sth
theywould have been dealing in sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'deal'

beal, dead, deaf, dean, dear, decal, dial, feal, geal, heal,

Additional Information

Cf. Old English weak verbs dǣlan (deal), lǣfan (leave) and mǣnan (mean).

Etymology

1. from O.E. dæl "part, share, quantity," and its verbal derivative dælan "to divide," from P.Gmc. *dailaz; also found in Balto-Slavic (cf. O.C.S. delu "part," Lith. dalis). Meaning "to distribute cards before a game" is from 1529; business sense is 1837, originally slang. Meaning "an amount" is from 1562. New Deal is from F.D. Roosevelt speech of July 1932. Big deal is 1928; ironic use first recorded 1951 in "Catcher in the Rye." To deal with "handle" is attested from 1469. Dealership is from 1916.
2. From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoh₁-i-l- (“part, watershed”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ). See: Middle English 'delen', Proto-Germanic '*dailijaną', Dutch 'delen', German, old spelling 'teilen', Swedish 'dela', Lithuanian 'dalinti', Russian 'дели́ть'.

Verbs referencing "deal"

French dealer, Dutch dealen, German, old spelling dealen, Icelandic deila, Dutch delen, German, old spelling teilen, Danish dele, Russian делить, Scots Gaelic dèilig, Luxembourgish deelen, Welsh delio.

Sample Sentences

  • Every patient in this asylum sits down to dinner every day with a knife and fork; and in the midst of them sits the gentleman, whose manner of dealing with his charges, I have just described. At every meal, moral influence alone restrains the more violent among them from cutting the throats of the rest; but the effect of that influence is reduced [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] fifty newspapers, which those precocious urchins are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the roofs of private houses, as the Halting Devil did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] there six years, and was to remain, I think, three more. He had been convicted as a receiver of stolen goods, but even after his long imprisonment, denied his guilt, and said he had been hardly dealt by. It was his second offence. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Where sat the many legislators of coarse threats; of words and blows such as coalheavers deal upon each other, when they forget their breeding ? On every side. Every session had its anecdotes of that kind, and the actors were all there. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [ 1 ] Gen. 16. The angel bade the pregnant Hagar return to her mistress Sarai, even though Sarai had dealt harshly with her. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the comprehensive jaws of America. In this form, the weed [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] beforehand or avoid. All that night, the bell was never silent for five minutes at a time; and after every ring the vessel reeled again, sometimes beneath a single blow, sometimes beneath a dozen dealt in quick succession, the lightest of which seemed more than enough to beat in her frail keel, as though it had been pie-crust. Looking down upon the filthy river after dark, it seemed to be alive [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] who wanted the appointment to vest in his own brother. In the course of debate, the deceased made some statements which Vinyard pronounced false, and made use of violent and insulting language, dealing largely in personalities, to which Mr. A. made no reply. After the adjournment, Mr. A. stepped up to Vinyard, and requested him to retract, which he refused to do, repeating the offensive [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Dear papa ! ” said Eva. “ _I cannot_, ” said St. Clare, rising, “ I _cannot_ have it so ! The Almighty hath dealt _very bitterly_ with me ! ” and St. Clare pronounced these words with a bitter emphasis, indeed. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Never fear that ! ” said the first. “ If I get ’ em, I'll soon have their airs out of them; they'll soon find that they 've another kind of master to deal with than Monsieur St. Clare. ’ Pon my word, I'll buy that fellow. I like the shape of him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)