ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTORT
From Latin contortus intricate, obscure, from contorquēre to whirl around, from torquēre to twist, wrench.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONTORT
PRESENT
Present
I contort
you contort
he/she/it contorts
we contort
you contort
they contort
Present continuous
I am contorting
you are contorting
he/she/it is contorting
we are contorting
you are contorting
they are contorting
Present perfect
I have contorted
you have contorted
he/she/it has contorted
we have contorted
you have contorted
they have contorted
Present perfect continuous
I have been contorting
you have been contorting
he/she/it has been contorting
we have been contorting
you have been contorting
they have been contorting
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 contorted
you contorted
he/she/it contorted
we contorted
you contorted
they contorted
Past continuous
I was contorting
you were contorting
he/she/it was contorting
we were contorting
you were contorting
they were contorting
Past perfect
I had contorted
you had contorted
he/she/it had contorted
we had contorted
you had contorted
they had contorted
Past perfect continuous
I had been contorting
you had been contorting
he/she/it had been contorting
we had been contorting
you had been contorting
they had been contorting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will contort
you will contort
he/she/it will contort
we will contort
you will contort
they will contort
Future continuous
I will be contorting
you will be contorting
he/she/it will be contorting
we will be contorting
you will be contorting
they will be contorting
Future perfect
I will have contorted
you will have contorted
he/she/it will have contorted
we will have contorted
you will have contorted
they will have contorted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been contorting
you will have been contorting
he/she/it will have been contorting
we will have been contorting
you will have been contorting
they will have been contorting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would contort
you would contort
he/she/it would contort
we would contort
you would contort
they would contort
Conditional continuous
I would be contorting
you would be contorting
he/she/it would be contorting
we would be contorting
you would be contorting
they would be contorting
Conditional perfect
I would have contort
you would have contort
he/she/it would have contort
we would have contort
you would have contort
they would have contort
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been contorting
you would have been contorting
he/she/it would have been contorting
we would have been contorting
you would have been contorting
they would have been contorting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you contort
we let´s contort
you contort
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
contorted
Present Participle
contorting
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.
2 QUOTES WITH «CONTORT»
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contort.
Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.
You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTORT»
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contort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A Guide to English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume IV
A. Guide. to. English. Grammar: Contort. (a) Active Voice 1. Indicative Mood
Present Tense You have contorted He/she/it has contorted (You have contorted
your facial features into fury.) 2. 3. Past Perfect Tense 2. 3. Singular Plural 1. I
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Active Control in Mechanical Engineering
Le premier conceme le contort et la tenue de route. En effet, ils ont montrd a partir
de la relation (25) qu'aux hautes frdquences le contort et la tenue de route ne
peuvent etre simultandment augmented. Par contre, bien que cela ne constitue ...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
A contort of musick in a banquet of wine, is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
Ecclus. 4. Concurrence; union. Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; bur, in
contort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. Atteilury. To Conso'rt. -v. ».
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Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales
Sepals (4)5, persistent, enlarging and becoming coloured in fruit; petals 5(–12),
contort, mostly yellow; stamens numerous, distinct, with persistent filaments;
anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits or terminal pores; ovary deeply divided
into ...
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Geological Survey professional paper
Crattitpirat contort 378 Crattitpira contort bullbrooki 379 hobtonl 379 magna 380
pennae 379 trmitatentlt... 379 kenekeni 377 kltpaniolae 381 inaeguittriata 378
Jamaicentit 381 maeilenta 379,380 maonitriparum 381 mllilarU 379,380
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Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1970
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Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers
cending in Caesalpiniaceae vs. Fabaceae) or diverse and then characteristic of
subfamilies, tribes or genera (e.g. Acanthaceae, Scotland et al. 1993;
Scrophulariaceae, Hartl 1955; Rubiaceae, Bremer 1987). Of the two contort
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTORT»
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contort is used in the context of the following news items.
Ava DuVernay's Right: Violent Rihanna, Kendrick Videos Reflect …
... as the song peaks and his cohorts dance and contort their bodies around him, terrifying in clear masks that render them faceless, nameless. «Jezebel, Jul 15»
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... pregnant—and then he and his rhythmic-gymnast wife both proceeded to contort and tumble for Dave's amusement. (Goldblum also said that ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
David Aronson, 91; leading Boston Expressionist artist
The artist imbued the image with otherworldliness: Figures float and contort, space contracts, and colors glow. “The Golem” was Mr. Aronson's ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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... but be careful, if you don't have your smile already under control watching the below video might cause your face to contort into a total mess. «Daily Life, Jul 15»
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It's interesting to watch how many ways Lyle can contort his body in air while still having the wherewithal to finish. I can't escape the Kyle Lowry ... «BT Powerhouse, Jul 15»
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Access to the rear seats is narrow, requiring larger adults (myself included) to contort their bodies to get out. The best part about the third-row ... «Motor Trend, Jul 15»
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As bodies jerk, judder, surge, spiral and contort across the studio, Gray's deep voice sends out a rallying cry to his dancers. “Power through our ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Sunni and Luton Councils of Mosques express 'shock' and 'concern …
The Daesh manipulate and contort the teachings of our faith to support their heinous acts and therefore it is incumbent upon each and every ... «Luton On Sunday, Jul 15»
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GR: The food usually tells me what it wants to be, but sometimes I have to contort it into a look. From there I sketch around it and let it come to ... «HarpersBAZAAR.com, Jul 15»
Self-Aware Architecture Would Learn From and Adapt to Its …
Inside each cube is a small compression unit, which gives the cubes the ability to contort and change its outside shape to create independent ... «PSFK, Jul 15»
