hit – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hit

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hit upon sth
Participle: hit upon sth
Gerund: hitting upon sth

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of hit

Indicative

Present

Ihit upon sth
youhit upon sth
he;she;ithits upon sth
wehit upon sth
youhit upon sth
theyhit upon sth

Perfect

Ihave hit upon sth
youhave hit upon sth
he;she;ithas hit upon sth
wehave hit upon sth
youhave hit upon sth
theyhave hit upon sth

Past

Ihit upon sth
youhit upon sth
he;she;ithit upon sth
wehit upon sth
youhit upon sth
theyhit upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad hit upon sth
youhad hit upon sth
he;she;ithad hit upon sth
wehad hit upon sth
youhad hit upon sth
theyhad hit upon sth

Future

Iwill hit upon sth
youwill hit upon sth
he;she;itwill hit upon sth
wewill hit upon sth
youwill hit upon sth
theywill hit upon sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have hit upon sth
youwill have hit upon sth
he;she;itwill have hit upon sth
wewill have hit upon sth
youwill have hit upon sth
theywill have hit upon sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ihit upon sth
youhit upon sth
he;she;ithit upon sth
wehit upon sth
youhit upon sth
theyhit upon sth

Perfect

Ihave hit upon sth
youhave hit upon sth
he;she;ithave hit upon sth
wehave hit upon sth
youhave hit upon sth
theyhave hit upon sth

Imperfect

Ihit upon sth
youhit upon sth
he;she;ithit upon sth
wehit upon sth
youhit upon sth
theyhit upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad hit upon sth
youhad hit upon sth
he;she;ithad hit upon sth
wehad hit upon sth
youhad hit upon sth
theyhad hit upon sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould hit upon sth
youwould hit upon sth
he;she;itwould hit upon sth
wewould hit upon sth
youwould hit upon sth
theywould hit upon sth

Perfect

Iwould have hit upon sth
youwould have hit upon sth
he;she;itwould have hit upon sth
wewould have hit upon sth
youwould have hit upon sth
theywould have hit upon sth

Imperative

youhit upon sth
weLet's hit upon sth
youhit upon sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hitting upon sth
youare hitting upon sth
he;she;itis hitting upon sth
weare hitting upon sth
youare hitting upon sth
theyare hitting upon sth

Perfect

Ihave been hitting upon sth
youhave been hitting upon sth
he;she;ithas been hitting upon sth
wehave been hitting upon sth
youhave been hitting upon sth
theyhave been hitting upon sth

Past

Iwas hitting upon sth
youwere hitting upon sth
he;she;itwas hitting upon sth
wewere hitting upon sth
youwere hitting upon sth
theywere hitting upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been hitting upon sth
youhad been hitting upon sth
he;she;ithad been hitting upon sth
wehad been hitting upon sth
youhad been hitting upon sth
theyhad been hitting upon sth

Future

Iwill be hitting upon sth
youwill be hitting upon sth
he;she;itwill be hitting upon sth
wewill be hitting upon sth
youwill be hitting upon sth
theywill be hitting upon sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hitting upon sth
youwill have been hitting upon sth
he;she;itwill have been hitting upon sth
wewill have been hitting upon sth
youwill have been hitting upon sth
theywill have been hitting upon sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hitting upon sth
youwould be hitting upon sth
he;she;itwould be hitting upon sth
wewould be hitting upon sth
youwould be hitting upon sth
theywould be hitting upon sth

Perfect

Iwould have been hitting upon sth
youwould have been hitting upon sth
he;she;itwould have been hitting upon sth
wewould have been hitting upon sth
youwould have been hitting upon sth
theywould have been hitting upon sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hit'

beset, broadcast, burst, bust, cost, crosscut, cut, forecast, hit, hurt, inset, let, misread, overset, overspread, put, read, rebroadcast, recut, relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'hit'

bit, chit, dit, fit, hat, hie, hilt, hint, hip, hist,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strike hard
pound
hit, strike
swap
kill a person
kill
attack
attack
have sex with
diddle, plough, plug, rock, shelve, slay, copulate with
hit extremely hard
smash
to apply violent force to a person or object
abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
strike|beat
boom-boom
to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
kick
calcitrate
strike
punch, bash, whack, thrash, flail, kick, buffet, smack
achieve
accomplish, attain, reach, gain, win
affect
fit, befit, suit, touch
find
discover
crash
clash, collide, strike, knock, bump, butt, jostle

Antonyms

to administer a physical blow
block
achieve
relinquish, forsake, retreat
affect
eschew, shun, repel, repudiate
find
lose, misplace, mislay, miss
crash
whisper, reverberation, murmur, din

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. hyttan "come upon, meet with," from O.N. hitta "to light upon, meet with," from P.Gmc. *khitjanan. Meaning shifted in late O.E. period to "strike," via "to reach with a blow or missile," and replaced O.E. slean in this sense. Noun meaning "successful play, song, person," etc. first recorded 1811, from verb meaning "to hit the mark, succeed" (c.1400). Underworld slang meaning "to kill by plan" is 1955 (n. is from 1970). Meaning "dose of narcotic" is 1951, from phrases like hit the bottle "drink alcohol" (1889). Original sense survives in phrases such as hit it off (1780) and hit on (1970s). To hit the nail on the head (1574) is from archery. Hit the road "leave" is from 1873; to hit (someone) up "request something" is from 1917. Hit and run is 1899 as a baseball play, 1924 as a driver failing to stop at a crash he caused. To not know what hit (one) is from 1923.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti
5. Proto-Germanic *hittijaną
6. Old Norse hittader.
7. Old English hyttan
8. Middle English hitten
9. English hit
10. Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”).
11. Cognates
12. Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish hitta (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk hitta, hitte (“to meet; to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”). Probably also related to Dutch hei (“mallet”), German Heie (“wooden hammer, mallet”).
13. (something very successful): Compare typologically striking, Russian порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) (<~ порази́ть (porazítʹ) <~ рази́ть (razítʹ)). See: Middle English 'hitten', Middle English 'hitten', Proto-Germanic '*hittijaną', Dutch 'hitten', Danish 'hitte', Swedish 'hitta', Norwegian, nynorsk 'hitta', Latin 'caedō'.

Verbs referencing "hit"

Danish hitte, Thai ฮิต, Finnish with old forms hitata.

Sample Sentences

  • A head-wind! Imagine a human face upon the vessel 's prow, with fifteen thousand Samsons in one bent upon driving her back, and hitting her exactly between the eyes whenever she attempts to advance an inch. Imagine the ship herself, with every pulse and artery of her huge body swollen and bursting under this maltreatment, sworn to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If you say ‘No, ’ he says ‘Yes ? ’ (interrogatively ), and asks in what respect they [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Sartin, ” said Sam, “ dat's de idee. Mas’r Haley hits de thing right in de middle. Now, der's two roads to de river,—de dirt road and der pike,—which Mas’r mean to take ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and quivering voice, and with an air of great circumspection. When poured out, he took it and looked at it with a sharp, complacent air, like a man who thinks he has done about the right thing, and hit the nail on the head, and proceeded to dispose of it in short and well-advised sips. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Topsy was soon a noted character in the establishment. Her talent for every species of drollery, grimace, and mimicry,—for dancing, tumbling, climbing, singing, whistling, imitating every sound that hit her fancy,—seemed inexhaustible. In her play-hours, she invariably had every child in the establishment at her heels, open-mouthed with admiration and wonder,—not excepting Miss Eva, who appeared to [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The singer appeared to make up the song to his own pleasure, generally hitting on rhyme, without much attempt at reason; and the party took up the chorus, at intervals, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [ 1 ] _Hamlet_, Act I, scene 1, lines 115-116 And, therefore, their all hitting upon this is a striking fact in pneumatology, which we recommend to the attention of spiritual media generally. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Woo. Oh! Tequila. That hits different. It's nice, right? Yeah. So Julia, what do you do for work ? (The Compatriots)
  • - All right, hit me. - Condition one: you have to think (The Million Dollar Bet)
  • Sometimes it just hits you when you 're hopeless. [sobbing] (Turtle Tale)
  • Does he hit you ? Just that one time. They say if a man hits you once, there's always another time. (Sweet Dreams)
  • Now she regrets her rude behavior Let's go before the storm hits (Magudam)
  • - Hey, Karthik, she's hitting us ! - Idiots, stop. - Hey, wait ! Wait ! - Why are you hitting ? (#AAY)
  • Does it hurt, Chetta ? Oh, like she cares. He got hit with a laptop. It will surely hurt, right ? (Nunakuzhi)
  • the kid had hit written all over him. (Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)