Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retaliate
Participle: retaliated
Gerund: retaliating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retaliate |
| you | retaliate |
| he;she;it | retaliates |
| we | retaliate |
| you | retaliate |
| they | retaliate |
Perfect
| I | have retaliated |
| you | have retaliated |
| he;she;it | has retaliated |
| we | have retaliated |
| you | have retaliated |
| they | have retaliated |
Past
| I | retaliated |
| you | retaliated |
| he;she;it | retaliated |
| we | retaliated |
| you | retaliated |
| they | retaliated |
Pluperfect
| I | had retaliated |
| you | had retaliated |
| he;she;it | had retaliated |
| we | had retaliated |
| you | had retaliated |
| they | had retaliated |
Future
| I | will retaliate |
| you | will retaliate |
| he;she;it | will retaliate |
| we | will retaliate |
| you | will retaliate |
| they | will retaliate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retaliated |
| you | will have retaliated |
| he;she;it | will have retaliated |
| we | will have retaliated |
| you | will have retaliated |
| they | will have retaliated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retaliate |
| you | retaliate |
| he;she;it | retaliate |
| we | retaliate |
| you | retaliate |
| they | retaliate |
Perfect
| I | have retaliated |
| you | have retaliated |
| he;she;it | have retaliated |
| we | have retaliated |
| you | have retaliated |
| they | have retaliated |
Imperfect
| I | retaliated |
| you | retaliated |
| he;she;it | retaliated |
| we | retaliated |
| you | retaliated |
| they | retaliated |
Pluperfect
| I | had retaliated |
| you | had retaliated |
| he;she;it | had retaliated |
| we | had retaliated |
| you | had retaliated |
| they | had retaliated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retaliate |
| you | would retaliate |
| he;she;it | would retaliate |
| we | would retaliate |
| you | would retaliate |
| they | would retaliate |
Perfect
| I | would have retaliated |
| you | would have retaliated |
| he;she;it | would have retaliated |
| we | would have retaliated |
| you | would have retaliated |
| they | would have retaliated |
Imperative
| you | retaliate |
| we | Let's retaliate |
| you | retaliate |
Verbs conjugated like 'retaliate'
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 'retaliate'
reciliate,
refoliate,
repalpate,
reradiate,
resiliate,
revalidate,
revaluate,
dealbate,
defalcate,
defoliate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin retāliātus, past participle of retāliō (“to requite, retaliate”).
Sample Sentences
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John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
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Many companies have policies in place to prevent bosses from retaliating against allegations of harassment.
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One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. [1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:]
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1713-174, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus Preface
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It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.