waste – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of waste

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to waste time
Participle: wasted time
Gerund: wasting time

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwaste time
youwaste time
he;she;itwastes time
wewaste time
youwaste time
theywaste time

Perfect

Ihave wasted time
youhave wasted time
he;she;ithas wasted time
wehave wasted time
youhave wasted time
theyhave wasted time

Past

Iwasted time
youwasted time
he;she;itwasted time
wewasted time
youwasted time
theywasted time

Pluperfect

Ihad wasted time
youhad wasted time
he;she;ithad wasted time
wehad wasted time
youhad wasted time
theyhad wasted time

Future

Iwill waste time
youwill waste time
he;she;itwill waste time
wewill waste time
youwill waste time
theywill waste time

Future Perfect

Iwill have wasted time
youwill have wasted time
he;she;itwill have wasted time
wewill have wasted time
youwill have wasted time
theywill have wasted time

Subjunctive

Present

Iwaste time
youwaste time
he;she;itwaste time
wewaste time
youwaste time
theywaste time

Perfect

Ihave wasted time
youhave wasted time
he;she;ithave wasted time
wehave wasted time
youhave wasted time
theyhave wasted time

Imperfect

Iwasted time
youwasted time
he;she;itwasted time
wewasted time
youwasted time
theywasted time

Pluperfect

Ihad wasted time
youhad wasted time
he;she;ithad wasted time
wehad wasted time
youhad wasted time
theyhad wasted time

Conditional

Present

Iwould waste time
youwould waste time
he;she;itwould waste time
wewould waste time
youwould waste time
theywould waste time

Perfect

Iwould have wasted time
youwould have wasted time
he;she;itwould have wasted time
wewould have wasted time
youwould have wasted time
theywould have wasted time

Imperative

youwaste time
weLet's waste time
youwaste time

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam wasting time
youare wasting time
he;she;itis wasting time
weare wasting time
youare wasting time
theyare wasting time

Perfect

Ihave been wasting time
youhave been wasting time
he;she;ithas been wasting time
wehave been wasting time
youhave been wasting time
theyhave been wasting time

Past

Iwas wasting time
youwere wasting time
he;she;itwas wasting time
wewere wasting time
youwere wasting time
theywere wasting time

Pluperfect

Ihad been wasting time
youhad been wasting time
he;she;ithad been wasting time
wehad been wasting time
youhad been wasting time
theyhad been wasting time

Future

Iwill be wasting time
youwill be wasting time
he;she;itwill be wasting time
wewill be wasting time
youwill be wasting time
theywill be wasting time

Future Perfect

Iwill have been wasting time
youwill have been wasting time
he;she;itwill have been wasting time
wewill have been wasting time
youwill have been wasting time
theywill have been wasting time

Conditional

Present

Iwould be wasting time
youwould be wasting time
he;she;itwould be wasting time
wewould be wasting time
youwould be wasting time
theywould be wasting time

Perfect

Iwould have been wasting time
youwould have been wasting time
he;she;itwould have been wasting time
wewould have been wasting time
youwould have been wasting time
theywould have been wasting time

Other

Verbs similar to 'waste'

baste, haste, paste, taste, waite, wasten, ante, aske, base, bate,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slang, to kill or murder
kill
to devastate or destroy
destroy
to put to death; to extinguish life.
annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, wipe out, wreck
spend
misspend, squander, blow, expend, consume, dissipate, blunder

Antonyms

spend
save, keep, hoard, husband

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1205, "devastate, ravage, ruin," from Anglo-Fr. and O.N.Fr. waster "to spoil, ruin" (O.Fr. guaster), altered (by influence of Frankish *wostjan) from L. vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate, waste" (see vain). The word also existed in O.E. as westan. Meaning "to lose strength or health; pine; weaken" is attested from c.1300; the sense of "squander, spend or consume uselessly" is first recorded 1340; meaning "to kill" is from 1964. Wasted "intoxicated" is slang from 1950s. The adj. is recorded from c.1290; waste-water is attested from c.1450; waste-paper first recorded 1585.
2. From Middle English wasten (“to waste, lay waste”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French waster (“to waste, devastate”) (compare also the variant gaster and French gâter from a related Old French word); the Anglo-Norman form waster was either from Frankish *wōstijan (“to waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *wāsto- (“empty, wasted”), or alternatively from Latin vastāre and influenced by the Frankish; the English word was assisted by similarity to native Middle English westen ("to waste"; > English weest). Cognate with Old High German wuostan, wuastan, wuostjan (“to waste”) (Modern German wüsten), Old English wēstan (“to lay waste, ravage”).
3. Displaced native Old English essian and strȳndan. Largely overtook Old English forspillan and wēstan. See: Middle English 'wasten', French 'gâter', Latin 'vastō', Middle English 'westen', English 'weest', Old High German 'wuostan', German, old spelling 'wüsten'.

Verbs referencing "waste"

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Sample Sentences

  • He has it; and by fits and starts applies himself to labour; but every now and then there comes upon him a burning sense of the years that must be wasted in that stone coffin, and an agony so piercing in the recollection of those who are hidden from his view and knowledge, that he starts from his seat, and striding up and down the narrow room with [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] it's to be owned they did not look particularly cheerful; they had their various little prejudices in favor of wives, mothers, sisters, and children, seen for the last time,—and though “ they that wasted them required of them mirth, ” it was not instantly forthcoming. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] red glow, and as the light wind stirs and ruffles it, they seem to vegetate in fire. It is such a sight as we read of in legends of enchanted forests: saving that it is sad to see these noble works wasting away so awfully, alone; and to think how many years must come and go before the magic that created them will rear their like upon this ground again. But the time will come; and when, in their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] it is full of hope and promise. To me—who had been accustomed to think of it as something left behind in the strides of advancing society, as something neglected and forgotten, slumbering and wasting in its sleep—the demand for labour and the rates of wages; the busy quays of Montreal; the vessels taking in their cargoes, and discharging them; the amount of shipping in the different ports; the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Jane and Rosa, what are you wasting your time for, here ? Go in and attend to your muslins. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] Jesus, for what reason Thou endured’st earth's spite and treason, Nor me lose, in that dread season; Seeking me, thy worn feet hasted, On the cross thy soul death tasted, Let not all these toils be wasted. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] bell, to worship and to pray. Far in New England that mother had trained her only son, with long, unwearied love, and patient prayers. Born of a hard-tempered sire, on whom that gentle woman had wasted a world of unvalued love, Legree had followed in the steps of his father. Boisterous, unruly, and tyrannical, he despised all her counsel, and would none of her reproof; and, at an early age, broke [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)