Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to formate
Participle: formated
Gerund: formating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | formate |
| you | formate |
| he;she;it | formates |
| we | formate |
| you | formate |
| they | formate |
Perfect
| I | have formated |
| you | have formated |
| he;she;it | has formated |
| we | have formated |
| you | have formated |
| they | have formated |
Past
| I | formated |
| you | formated |
| he;she;it | formated |
| we | formated |
| you | formated |
| they | formated |
Pluperfect
| I | had formated |
| you | had formated |
| he;she;it | had formated |
| we | had formated |
| you | had formated |
| they | had formated |
Future
| I | will formate |
| you | will formate |
| he;she;it | will formate |
| we | will formate |
| you | will formate |
| they | will formate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have formated |
| you | will have formated |
| he;she;it | will have formated |
| we | will have formated |
| you | will have formated |
| they | will have formated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | formate |
| you | formate |
| he;she;it | formate |
| we | formate |
| you | formate |
| they | formate |
Perfect
| I | have formated |
| you | have formated |
| he;she;it | have formated |
| we | have formated |
| you | have formated |
| they | have formated |
Imperfect
| I | formated |
| you | formated |
| he;she;it | formated |
| we | formated |
| you | formated |
| they | formated |
Pluperfect
| I | had formated |
| you | had formated |
| he;she;it | had formated |
| we | had formated |
| you | had formated |
| they | had formated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would formate |
| you | would formate |
| he;she;it | would formate |
| we | would formate |
| you | would formate |
| they | would formate |
Perfect
| I | would have formated |
| you | would have formated |
| he;she;it | would have formated |
| we | would have formated |
| you | would have formated |
| they | would have formated |
Imperative
| you | formate |
| we | Let's formate |
| you | formate |
Verbs conjugated like 'formate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'formate'
formake,
format,
foliate,
forage,
forbathe,
fordote,
foredate,
foremake,
forfete,
forhale,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from formation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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Tiger Moths from the Reserve Flying Schools at Rochester and Cambridge competed with each other at formating in the gusty conditions, Rochester just winning. [1949, The Aeroplane, volume 76, page 699:]
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Formating with Patty Wagstaff' s modified Baron, flown by Dale Snodgrass, was fun on a beautiful morning, though all you learn about an airplane while formating is the power response (very smooth) and the response to control pressures. [2002 July, Richard L. Collins, “Piper Seneca V: a classic light twin..”, in Flying, page 68:]
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Actually, the leader of the formation was supposed to maintain the eagle-eyed vigil necessary to ensure that his formation kept out of harm's way, because the pilots formating on him had to keep all their attention riveted on his aircraft; but the Air Force recognized that with inexperienced pilots leading formations it was wise to splash extra lookouts around liberally. [2003, Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two, page 74:]