overshorten – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of overshorten

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to overshorten
Participle: overshortened
Gerund: overshortening

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iovershorten
youovershorten
he;she;itovershortens
weovershorten
youovershorten
theyovershorten

Perfect

Ihave overshortened
youhave overshortened
he;she;ithas overshortened
wehave overshortened
youhave overshortened
theyhave overshortened

Past

Iovershortened
youovershortened
he;she;itovershortened
weovershortened
youovershortened
theyovershortened

Pluperfect

Ihad overshortened
youhad overshortened
he;she;ithad overshortened
wehad overshortened
youhad overshortened
theyhad overshortened

Future

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

Future Perfect

Iwill have overshortened
youwill have overshortened
he;she;itwill have overshortened
wewill have overshortened
youwill have overshortened
theywill have overshortened

Subjunctive

Present

Iovershorten
youovershorten
he;she;itovershorten
weovershorten
youovershorten
theyovershorten

Perfect

Ihave overshortened
youhave overshortened
he;she;ithave overshortened
wehave overshortened
youhave overshortened
theyhave overshortened

Imperfect

Iovershortened
youovershortened
he;she;itovershortened
weovershortened
youovershortened
theyovershortened

Pluperfect

Ihad overshortened
youhad overshortened
he;she;ithad overshortened
wehad overshortened
youhad overshortened
theyhad overshortened

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

Iwould have overshortened
youwould have overshortened
he;she;itwould have overshortened
wewould have overshortened
youwould have overshortened
theywould have overshortened

Imperative

youovershorten
weLet's overshorten
youovershorten

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'overshorten'

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)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From over- + shorten.

Sample Sentences

  • This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it. [1936, Harold Vincent Marrot, editor, The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy, 2nd revised edition, Heinemann, page 696:]