tout – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tout

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tout
Participle: touted
Gerund: touting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of tout

Indicative

Present

Itout
youtout
he;she;ittouts
wetout
youtout
theytout

Perfect

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

Past

Itouted
youtouted
he;she;ittouted
wetouted
youtouted
theytouted

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Itout
youtout
he;she;ittout
wetout
youtout
theytout

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Itouted
youtouted
he;she;ittouted
wetouted
youtouted
theytouted

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtout
weLet's tout
youtout

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'tout'

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 'tout'

bout, dout, lout, out, pout, rout, toat, tocut, tolt, toot,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

praise
vaunt, laud, plug, promote, herald, extol, ballyhoo

Antonyms

praise
condemn, blame, censure, discommend

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1700, thieves' cant, "to act as a lookout, spy on," from M.E. tuten "to peep, peer," probably from a variant of O.E. totian "to stick out, peep, peer," from P.Gmc. *tut- "project" (cf. Du. tuit "sprout, snout," M.Du. tute "nipple, pap," M.L.G. tute "horn, funnel," O.N. tota "teat, toe of a shoe"). The sense developed to "look out for jobs, votes, etc., to try to get them" (1731), then "praise highly" (1920).
2. From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian (“to be sticking out, protrude”), related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, project”). Compare Icelandic túta (“a teat-like prominence”), tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly influenced by dialectal toot (“to stick out; project; peer out; peep”), from Middle English toten, totien, from Old English tōtian (“to peep out; look; pry; spectate”). Compare also Old English tot, ġetot (“pomp, splendour, vainglory”). See: Icelandic 'túta'.

Sample Sentences

  • Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.
  • China has touted its policy of non-interference for decades. [2016 January 25, “Why Arabs would regret a toothless Chinese dragon”, in The National, retrieved 25 Jan 2016:]
  • For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other. [2012, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in The A.V. Club:]
  • Newspaper articles also were generally positive in tone, although a tendency towards sensationalism means that the spread of hybrid forms is occasionally touted as the universal language of the future. [2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 9:]
  • To understand the new London, I lived it. I slept rough with Roma beggars and touted for work with Baltic laborers on the kerb. [March 1, 2016, Ben Judah on BBC Business Daily]
  • Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout. [1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, lvi]