deal – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of deal

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of deal

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youdeal sb in
weLet's deal sb in
youdeal sb in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)