CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONDESCEND
PRESENT
Present
I condescend
you condescend
he/she/it condescends
we condescend
you condescend
they condescend
Present continuous
I am condescending
you are condescending
he/she/it is condescending
we are condescending
you are condescending
they are condescending
Present perfect
I have condescended
you have condescended
he/she/it has condescended
we have condescended
you have condescended
they have condescended
Present perfect continuous
I have been condescending
you have been condescending
he/she/it has been condescending
we have been condescending
you have been condescending
they have been condescending
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I condescended
you condescended
he/she/it condescended
we condescended
you condescended
they condescended
Past continuous
I was condescending
you were condescending
he/she/it was condescending
we were condescending
you were condescending
they were condescending
Past perfect
I had condescended
you had condescended
he/she/it had condescended
we had condescended
you had condescended
they had condescended
Past perfect continuous
I had been condescending
you had been condescending
he/she/it had been condescending
we had been condescending
you had been condescending
they had been condescending
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will condescend
you will condescend
he/she/it will condescend
we will condescend
you will condescend
they will condescend
Future continuous
I will be condescending
you will be condescending
he/she/it will be condescending
we will be condescending
you will be condescending
they will be condescending
Future perfect
I will have condescended
you will have condescended
he/she/it will have condescended
we will have condescended
you will have condescended
they will have condescended
Future perfect continuous
I will have been condescending
you will have been condescending
he/she/it will have been condescending
we will have been condescending
you will have been condescending
they will have been condescending
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would condescend
you would condescend
he/she/it would condescend
we would condescend
you would condescend
they would condescend
Conditional continuous
I would be condescending
you would be condescending
he/she/it would be condescending
we would be condescending
you would be condescending
they would be condescending
Conditional perfect
I would have condescend
you would have condescend
he/she/it would have condescend
we would have condescend
you would have condescend
they would have condescend
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been condescending
you would have been condescending
he/she/it would have been condescending
we would have been condescending
you would have been condescending
they would have been condescending
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you condescend
we let´s condescend
you condescend
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
condescended
Present Participle
condescending
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
4 QUOTES WITH «CONDESCEND»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
condescend.
Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend.
I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about.
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONDESCEND»
Discover the use of
condescend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
condescend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to the Principles of Transformational Syntax
If seem and condescend obligatorily met the SD of Equi, then sentences like (
9.61) would never occur (they would be directly excluded by that requirement). In
fact, they would be excluded in precisely the same way as examples like *John ...
Adrian Akmajian, Frank Heny, 1980
PUBLISHING OFFICE NO. 130 FULTON-ST. NEW-YORK. V.i I. I MB IJTtBUIK,
RELIGIOUS INQUIRER, AND EIGHT, EACH, MESSENGER, ANCHOR AND
PIONEER. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1839. In short, why should " we
condescend to ...
3
The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal: ...
... Parliament found it not necessar to condescend, even upon the Moneth, but
the ordinary Caution allowe the Desender, in that case , is, that the Defender may
offer to prove, that grand, some particular Dayes ot these Moneths, he was alibz',
...
Sir George Mackenzie, 1699
4
The Reconstructed Farmer
To be sure it means tedious work ; but the " condescend " part alluded to by Mun-
> della will be over after awhile. The working-men will have better wages and
brighter homes after their next I campaign — or the next — -or the next* Pluck will
...
5
Systematic Lexicography
Condescend and deign differ in that deign is fixed in modal, interrogative, and
negative sentences and in outwardly affirmative sentences containing words
implying negation (usually adverbs such as hardly or scarcely): to deign no reply,
...
I͡Uriĭ Derenikovich Apresi͡an, 2000
6
Supplement to the Dictionary of the decisions of the Court ...
Philliphaugh reported Elizabeth Fife, relict of Mr David Gray, against Mr William
Clerk, advocate, mentioned 9th February 1693. The Lords, having ordained Mr
William to condescend on the damage sustained through his not getting up from
Mr ...
Scotland. Court of Session, Mungo Ponton Brown, William Maxwell Morison, 1826
7
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Condescendence (s. from condescend) Voluntary submission, humiliation.
Condescen'deucy (r. from condescendence) Condescendence, humiliation.
Condescending (p. a. from condescend) Stooping, submitting to do more than
justice ...
8
The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from ...
Whereas it is pretended, that the indictment, in so far as it is libelled that the
defender •poke these words, or some such words to that purpose, is relevant in
these general terms, seeing the pursuers condescend that the defenders bail the
like ...
Robert Wodrow, Robert Burns, 1830
9
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ...
That the said indytment as to the blasphemy lybelled, is no wayes relevant, in
respect It does not condescend upon the place where the expressiones lybelled
are alleadged to have been uttered and spoken by the pannall, and all criminal] ...
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, 1816
10
The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland,: ...
Of such a Month, in such a Year of God ; yet if the Defender de- fire the Pursuer to
condescend upon a precise Day, he ought to condescend thereupon, that he
may not be precluded of his Defence of alibi, which is not contrary to the Libel,
but ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONDESCEND»
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condescend is used in the context of the following news items.
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The campaign didn't condescend to women, and it didn't treat women as a monolithic group. Instead, it marketed to women by celebrating them ... «ClickZ, Jul 15»
American Anti-Intellectualism and the Theological Left
They might condescend to us, but they would not argue with us. And so it is with some shock that I find that the Evangelical left, at least much of ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
The Students' Protest and the President's Decision - Is There Any …
... always learn to condescend or 'come down' and not rely on status or position to show strength. Had the President decided to act otherwise, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Enough Lilies
What Mr MacGregor understood, and the British Museum had forgotten, was that museums and galleries do not exist to condescend to their ... «The Times, Jul 15»
Sesame Street's Maria showed Latinos who we were – but it didn't …
She doesn't ham at the camera or condescend to the kids and muppets: theirs is a relationship of mutual respect and admiration. In a Sesame ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
The 25 Best Movies of 2015 (So Far)
... My Dreams doesn't condescend to its characters (or its viewers). Instead, it offers an organic, non-judgmental portrait of one woman choosing ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
Timothy Boyle: Man and boy and the great gulf of pain
The radiologist I saw was so used up by her routine that, by the time I arrived, she could only condescend with her questions. "Is it the worst ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Talking about jobs isn't the only way to lure voters into the climate …
As George Monbiot recently argued in The Guardian, environmentalists shouldn't condescend to average voters by assuming that their reasons for forming ... «Grist, Jul 15»
Review: Three New Plays Put Britain's Penchant for the Classics to …
But the cast to their credit never condescend or pass judgment on a cross-section of midwestern American life that a British company might be ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
This Just In: America Still Racist
He did condescend to admit, however, that progress has been made in race relations in America…the kind, I suppose, that led to his being ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
