list – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of list

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to list
Participle: listed
Gerund: listing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ilist
youlist
he;she;itlists
welist
youlist
theylist

Perfect

Ihave listed; list
youhave listed; list
he;she;ithas listed; list
wehave listed; list
youhave listed; list
theyhave listed; list

Past

Ilisted
youlisted
he;she;itlisted
welisted
youlisted
theylisted

Pluperfect

Ihad listed; list
youhad listed; list
he;she;ithad listed; list
wehad listed; list
youhad listed; list
theyhad listed; list

Future

Iwill list
youwill list
he;she;itwill list
wewill list
youwill list
theywill list

Future Perfect

Iwill have listed; list
youwill have listed; list
he;she;itwill have listed; list
wewill have listed; list
youwill have listed; list
theywill have listed; list

Subjunctive

Present

Ilist
youlist
he;she;itlist
welist
youlist
theylist

Perfect

Ihave listed; list
youhave listed; list
he;she;ithave listed; list
wehave listed; list
youhave listed; list
theyhave listed; list

Imperfect

Ilisted
youlisted
he;she;itlisted
welisted
youlisted
theylisted

Pluperfect

Ihad listed; list
youhad listed; list
he;she;ithad listed; list
wehad listed; list
youhad listed; list
theyhad listed; list

Conditional

Present

Iwould list
youwould list
he;she;itwould list
wewould list
youwould list
theywould list

Perfect

Iwould have listed; list
youwould have listed; list
he;she;itwould have listed; list
wewould have listed; list
youwould have listed; list
theywould have listed; list

Imperative

youlist
weLet's list
youlist

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam listing
youare listing
he;she;itis listing
weare listing
youare listing
theyare listing

Perfect

Ihave been listing
youhave been listing
he;she;ithas been listing
wehave been listing
youhave been listing
theyhave been listing

Past

Iwas listing
youwere listing
he;she;itwas listing
wewere listing
youwere listing
theywere listing

Pluperfect

Ihad been listing
youhad been listing
he;she;ithad been listing
wehad been listing
youhad been listing
theyhad been listing

Future

Iwill be listing
youwill be listing
he;she;itwill be listing
wewill be listing
youwill be listing
theywill be listing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been listing
youwill have been listing
he;she;itwill have been listing
wewill have been listing
youwill have been listing
theywill have been listing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be listing
youwould be listing
he;she;itwould be listing
wewould be listing
youwould be listing
theywould be listing

Perfect

Iwould have been listing
youwould have been listing
he;she;itwould have been listing
wewould have been listing
youwould have been listing
theywould have been listing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'list'

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 'list'

fist, gist, hist, kist, last, lest, lift, lilt, lint, lirt,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

create or recite a list
tick off
to pay attention to a sound
attend, behear, give ear, hark, harken, lend an ear, listen close, mind, note, listen
inscribe
catalog, inventory, register, record, enlist, enumerate, enter, enroll
border
edge
lean
incline, tip, careen

Antonyms

border
substance, space, region, territory
lean
fat, obese, plump, fertile

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "hear, hearken," now poetic or obsolete, from O.E. hlystan "hear, hearken," from hlyst "hearing," from P.Gmc. *khlustiz, from PIE *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
2. From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.”), from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), or Old French liste, listre (“border; band; strip of paper; list”), or Medieval Latin lista, all from Proto-West Germanic *līstā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).
3. Cognates
4. * Saterland Frisian Lieste (“margin, strip, list”)
5. * Dutch lijst (“picture frame, list”)
6. * German Low German Liest (“edging, border”)
7. * German Leiste (“strip, rail, ledge; (heraldry) bar”)
8. * Swedish lista (“list”)
9. * Icelandic lista listi (“list”)
10. * Italian lista (“list; strip”)
11. * Portuguese lista (“list”)
12. * Spanish lista (“list, roll; stripe”)
13. * Galician lista (“band, strip; list”)
14. * Finnish lista (“(informal) list; batten”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Lieste', Swedish 'lista', Icelandic 'lista', Finnish with old forms 'lista'.

Verbs referencing "list"

Danish lyste.

Sample Sentences

  • As the export market for tropical hardwoods expanded, timber from tropical rain forests very rapidly became the dominant or major forest product, dominant to such an extent that trade figures often do not even list the minor forest products exported, or their value. [1993, Ooi Jin Bee, “The Tropical Rain Forest: Patterns of Exploitation and Trade”, in Tropical Deforestation: The Tyranny of Time, Singapore: Singapore University Press, →ISBN, page 62:]
  • to list a door
  • He raised his eyes and saw / The tree that shone white-listed thro' the gloom. [1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 142:]
  • to list a board
  • […] It is therefore ordered that the Maior and Aldermen of Colchester [et al.], shall forthwith procure and raise in the said severall townes, and other pleces adjacent, two thousand horses for dragooners, or as manie as possible they may, for the service as aforesaid, and with all possible speed to send them up to London unto Thomas Browne Grocer, and Maximilian Beard Girdler, by us appointed to list horses for the service aforesaid; […] [1642 October 28, [Philip Morant], History and Antiquities of the Borough of Colchester, in the County of Essex. […], Colchester, Essex: Printed and sold by I. Marsden, …, published 1810, →OCLC, pages 48–49:]
  • "I have a gun, madam," said little Julian, "and the park-keeper is to teach me how to fire it next year." / "I will list you for my soldier, then," said the Countess. [1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 107:]
  • A century later, BR demolished the downside main buildings, so the eastbound and central platforms were promptly listed - which has ensured their survival, albeit increasingly neglected in recent years. This has now been rectified, [...]. [2021 February 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The London Underground Operational Enhancement Award: Hanwell”, in RAIL, number 946, page 55:]
  • I was able to invest as soon as the company was listed.
  • Responsible for public affairs, business strategy, corporate development and finance, he [Donald Tang] now faces the task of getting an initial public offering over the line in London after ditching earlier plans to list in New York in the face of US political opposition. [2024 July 13, Laura Onita, Eleanor Olcott, “Shein’s master of reinvention treads tricky path to IPO”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:]