Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to duel
Participle: dueled; duelled
Gerund: dueling; duelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | duel |
| you | duel |
| he;she;it | duels |
| we | duel |
| you | duel |
| they | duel |
Perfect
| I | have dueled; duelled |
| you | have dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | has dueled; duelled |
| we | have dueled; duelled |
| you | have dueled; duelled |
| they | have dueled; duelled |
Past
| I | dueled; duelled |
| you | dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | dueled; duelled |
| we | dueled; duelled |
| you | dueled; duelled |
| they | dueled; duelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dueled; duelled |
| you | had dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | had dueled; duelled |
| we | had dueled; duelled |
| you | had dueled; duelled |
| they | had dueled; duelled |
Future
| I | will duel |
| you | will duel |
| he;she;it | will duel |
| we | will duel |
| you | will duel |
| they | will duel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dueled; duelled |
| you | will have dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | will have dueled; duelled |
| we | will have dueled; duelled |
| you | will have dueled; duelled |
| they | will have dueled; duelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | duel |
| you | duel |
| he;she;it | duel |
| we | duel |
| you | duel |
| they | duel |
Perfect
| I | have dueled; duelled |
| you | have dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | have dueled; duelled |
| we | have dueled; duelled |
| you | have dueled; duelled |
| they | have dueled; duelled |
Imperfect
| I | dueled; duelled |
| you | dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | dueled; duelled |
| we | dueled; duelled |
| you | dueled; duelled |
| they | dueled; duelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dueled; duelled |
| you | had dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | had dueled; duelled |
| we | had dueled; duelled |
| you | had dueled; duelled |
| they | had dueled; duelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would duel |
| you | would duel |
| he;she;it | would duel |
| we | would duel |
| you | would duel |
| they | would duel |
Perfect
| I | would have dueled; duelled |
| you | would have dueled; duelled |
| he;she;it | would have dueled; duelled |
| we | would have dueled; duelled |
| you | would have dueled; duelled |
| they | would have dueled; duelled |
Imperative
| you | duel |
| we | Let's duel |
| you | duel |
Verbs conjugated like 'duel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'duel'
due,
duet,
dull,
fuel,
amel,
avel,
bull,
burl,
ciel,
cruel,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”).
2. May have entered English through Middle French duel.
Sample Sentences
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The two dogs were duelling for the bone.
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The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics. [2019 February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:]