Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to echelon
Participle: echeloned
Gerund: echeloning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | echelon |
| you | echelon |
| he;she;it | echelons |
| we | echelon |
| you | echelon |
| they | echelon |
Perfect
| I | have echeloned |
| you | have echeloned |
| he;she;it | has echeloned |
| we | have echeloned |
| you | have echeloned |
| they | have echeloned |
Past
| I | echeloned |
| you | echeloned |
| he;she;it | echeloned |
| we | echeloned |
| you | echeloned |
| they | echeloned |
Pluperfect
| I | had echeloned |
| you | had echeloned |
| he;she;it | had echeloned |
| we | had echeloned |
| you | had echeloned |
| they | had echeloned |
Future
| I | will echelon |
| you | will echelon |
| he;she;it | will echelon |
| we | will echelon |
| you | will echelon |
| they | will echelon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have echeloned |
| you | will have echeloned |
| he;she;it | will have echeloned |
| we | will have echeloned |
| you | will have echeloned |
| they | will have echeloned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | echelon |
| you | echelon |
| he;she;it | echelon |
| we | echelon |
| you | echelon |
| they | echelon |
Perfect
| I | have echeloned |
| you | have echeloned |
| he;she;it | have echeloned |
| we | have echeloned |
| you | have echeloned |
| they | have echeloned |
Imperfect
| I | echeloned |
| you | echeloned |
| he;she;it | echeloned |
| we | echeloned |
| you | echeloned |
| they | echeloned |
Pluperfect
| I | had echeloned |
| you | had echeloned |
| he;she;it | had echeloned |
| we | had echeloned |
| you | had echeloned |
| they | had echeloned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would echelon |
| you | would echelon |
| he;she;it | would echelon |
| we | would echelon |
| you | would echelon |
| they | would echelon |
Perfect
| I | would have echeloned |
| you | would have echeloned |
| he;she;it | would have echeloned |
| we | would have echeloned |
| you | would have echeloned |
| they | would have echeloned |
Imperative
| you | echelon |
| we | Let's echelon |
| you | echelon |
Verbs conjugated like 'echelon'
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 'echelon'
chelp,
chevron,
eche,
echo,
enhalo,
envelop,
schlong,
accloy,
ache,
achoo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (“ladder”), from scandō (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).
Sample Sentences
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July 1, Montcalm made a movement in advance, echeloning his troops from Fort Carillon to the foot of Lake George, to curb the enemy, and obstruct their landing. [1860, François-Xavier Garneau, “Battle of Carillon (Ticonderoga). 1758.”, in Andrew Bell, transl., History of Canada, from the Time of Its Discovery till the Union Year (1840–1): Translated from “L’Histoire du Canada” of F. X. Garneau, Esq., and Accompanied with Illustrative Notes, etc., etc. … In Three Volumes, volume II, Montreal, Que.: Printed and published by John Lovell, St. Nicholas Street, →OCLC, page 205:]
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Behind the 17th Panzer Division the corps echeloned the main force of its other division, the 16th Panzer Division. [1968, Earl F[rederick] Ziemke, “Offensives on Both Flanks—the South Flank”, in Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East (Army Historical Series), Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army, →OCLC; republished Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2002, →OCLC, page 225:]