Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to diet
Participle: dieted
Gerund: dieting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | diet |
| you | diet |
| he;she;it | diets |
| we | diet |
| you | diet |
| they | diet |
Perfect
| I | have dieted |
| you | have dieted |
| he;she;it | has dieted |
| we | have dieted |
| you | have dieted |
| they | have dieted |
Past
| I | dieted |
| you | dieted |
| he;she;it | dieted |
| we | dieted |
| you | dieted |
| they | dieted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dieted |
| you | had dieted |
| he;she;it | had dieted |
| we | had dieted |
| you | had dieted |
| they | had dieted |
Future
| I | will diet |
| you | will diet |
| he;she;it | will diet |
| we | will diet |
| you | will diet |
| they | will diet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dieted |
| you | will have dieted |
| he;she;it | will have dieted |
| we | will have dieted |
| you | will have dieted |
| they | will have dieted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | diet |
| you | diet |
| he;she;it | diet |
| we | diet |
| you | diet |
| they | diet |
Perfect
| I | have dieted |
| you | have dieted |
| he;she;it | have dieted |
| we | have dieted |
| you | have dieted |
| they | have dieted |
Imperfect
| I | dieted |
| you | dieted |
| he;she;it | dieted |
| we | dieted |
| you | dieted |
| they | dieted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dieted |
| you | had dieted |
| he;she;it | had dieted |
| we | had dieted |
| you | had dieted |
| they | had dieted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would diet |
| you | would diet |
| he;she;it | would diet |
| we | would diet |
| you | would diet |
| they | would diet |
Perfect
| I | would have dieted |
| you | would have dieted |
| he;she;it | would have dieted |
| we | would have dieted |
| you | would have dieted |
| they | would have dieted |
Imperative
| you | diet |
| we | Let's diet |
| you | diet |
Verbs conjugated like 'diet'
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 'diet'
die,
dint,
dirt,
dit,
duet,
abet,
airt,
aret,
bet,
bit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "regular food," c.1225, from O.Fr. diete, from M.L. dieta "parliamentary assembly," also "a day's work, diet, daily food allowance," from L. diaeta "prescribed way of life," from Gk. diaita, originally "way of life, regimen, dwelling," from diaitasthai "lead one's life," and from diaitan, originally "separate, select" (food and drink), freq. of *diainysthai "take apart," from dia- "apart" + ainysthai "take," from PIE base *ai- "to give, allot." Often with a sense of restriction since 14c.; hence put (someone) on a diet (c.1440). The verb meaning "to regulate oneself as to food" (especially against fatness) is from 1660. An obsolete word for this is banting (q.v.). The adj. in this sense (Diet Coke, etc.) is from 1963, originally Amer.Eng.
2. From Middle English dieten, dyeten, diȝeten, from Old French dïeter and Medieval Latin diētāre.
Sample Sentences
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I've been dieting for six months, and I've lost some weight.
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they will diet themselves, feed and live alone.
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When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he was dieted, stimulated, and tonicked. [1887, Medical Press and Circular, volume 94, page 461:]
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As illustrating the belief that the Baptism by Blood was accompanied by a real regeneration of the devotee, Frazer quotes an ancient writer who says that for some time after the ceremony the fiction of a new birth was kept up by dieting the devotee on milk, like a new-born babe. [1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 45:]
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Let him[…]diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth. [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Travel”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
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But partly led to diet my revenge […]. [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]