staple – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of staple

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to staple
Participle: stapled
Gerund: stapling

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Istaple
youstaple
he;she;itstaples
westaple
youstaple
theystaple

Perfect

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

Past

Istapled
youstapled
he;she;itstapled
westapled
youstapled
theystapled

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Istaple
youstaple
he;she;itstaple
westaple
youstaple
theystaple

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Istapled
youstapled
he;she;itstapled
westapled
youstapled
theystapled

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youstaple
weLet's staple
youstaple

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'staple'

stable, stale, restaple, sale, sample, scale, scape, scapple, shale, simple,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-der.?
3. Proto-Germanic *stapulaz
4. Frankish *stapulbor.
5. Late Latin stapula
6. Old French estaple
7. Anglo-Norman staplebor.
8. Middle English staple
9. English staple
10. From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.

Sample Sentences

  • to staple cotton