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PRONUNCIATION OF HARKEN

harken  [ˈhɑːkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harken is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb harken in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HARKEN

PRESENT

Present
I harken
you harken
he/she/it harkens
we harken
you harken
they harken
Present continuous
I am harkening
you are harkening
he/she/it is harkening
we are harkening
you are harkening
they are harkening
Present perfect
I have harkened
you have harkened
he/she/it has harkened
we have harkened
you have harkened
they have harkened
Present perfect continuous
I have been harkening
you have been harkening
he/she/it has been harkening
we have been harkening
you have been harkening
they have been harkening
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 harkened
you harkened
he/she/it harkened
we harkened
you harkened
they harkened
Past continuous
I was harkening
you were harkening
he/she/it was harkening
we were harkening
you were harkening
they were harkening
Past perfect
I had harkened
you had harkened
he/she/it had harkened
we had harkened
you had harkened
they had harkened
Past perfect continuous
I had been harkening
you had been harkening
he/she/it had been harkening
we had been harkening
you had been harkening
they had been harkening
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will harken
you will harken
he/she/it will harken
we will harken
you will harken
they will harken
Future continuous
I will be harkening
you will be harkening
he/she/it will be harkening
we will be harkening
you will be harkening
they will be harkening
Future perfect
I will have harkened
you will have harkened
he/she/it will have harkened
we will have harkened
you will have harkened
they will have harkened
Future perfect continuous
I will have been harkening
you will have been harkening
he/she/it will have been harkening
we will have been harkening
you will have been harkening
they will have been harkening
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would harken
you would harken
he/she/it would harken
we would harken
you would harken
they would harken
Conditional continuous
I would be harkening
you would be harkening
he/she/it would be harkening
we would be harkening
you would be harkening
they would be harkening
Conditional perfect
I would have harken
you would have harken
he/she/it would have harken
we would have harken
you would have harken
they would have harken
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been harkening
you would have been harkening
he/she/it would have been harkening
we would have been harkening
you would have been harkening
they would have been harkening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you harken
we let´s harken
you harken
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to harken
Past participle
harkened
Present Participle
harkening
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARKEN


Aachen
ˈɑːkən
Barcan
ˈbɑːkən
barken
ˈbɑːkən
beacon
ˈbiːkən
bedarken
bɪˈdɑːkən
birken
ˈbɜːkən
darken
ˈdɑːkən
deacon
ˈdiːkən
Durkan
ˈdɜːkən
hearken
ˈhɑːkən
Interlaken
ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən
kraken
ˈkrɑːkən
lebkuchen
ˈleɪbˌkuːkən
Lucan
ˈluːkən
mohican
məʊˈhiːkən
Mozambican
ˌməʊzəmˈbiːkən
Petrarchan
pəˈtrɑːkən
starken
ˈstɑːkən
toucan
ˈtuːkən
weaken
ˈwiːkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARKEN

harigalds
Harijan
Haringey
hariolate
hariolation
harira
harish
Harishchandra
harissa
hark
hark back
harkener
harl
Harlech
Harlem
harlequin
harlequin bug
harlequin duck
harlequinade

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARKEN

Aiken
awaken
broken
by the same token
chicken
drucken
drunken
Hoboken
ken
mistaken
outspoken
shaken
spoken
stricken
sunken
taken
token
trocken
unbroken
undertaken

Synonyms and antonyms of harken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «harken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARKEN

Find out the translation of harken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harken» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哈肯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atended
570 millions of speakers

English

harken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुनना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أنصت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Харкен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Harken
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রবণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prêter l´oreille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harken
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

horchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーケン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀를 기울이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Harken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hãy lắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऐक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kulak vermek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ascoltare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Harken
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Харкен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Harken
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Harken
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ten einde hoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

harken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Harken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harken

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARKEN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARKEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harken

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARKEN»

Discover the use of harken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Abernathy's Surgical Secrets
The new edition of this leading volume in the Secrets Series® offers the very latest overview of surgical practice.
Alden H. Harken, 2008
2
Mother Jones Magazine
(Continued from page 33) Harken's $25 million stock offering in 1987, for example, was underwritten by a Little Rock, Arkansas, brokerage house, Stephens, Inc., which placed the Harken stock offering with the London subsidiary of Union ...
3
Follow the Money: How George W. Bush and the Texas ...
The white knight this time was named Harken. In exchange for Spectrum 7's dubious assets, Harken granted Bush $500,000 in stock, stock options valued at $131,250, and a consultancy paying $50,000 to $120,000 a year. He was also given ...
John Anderson, 2007
4
Essays in Medical Sociology: Journeys Into the Fields
In 1940 Harken began his residency at Boston City Hospital after a year of work in England with Mr. Tudor Edwards. Studying the heart at autopsies, Harken became absorbed with the challenge of devising a method to enter the heart and  ...
Renée Claire Fox, 1979
5
Test by Fire: The War Presidency of George W. Bush
Harken Energy purchased Spectrum 7 in April 1986. George W. received $600,000 of Harken stock for his 14.9 percent holding in Spectrum.64 Phil Kendrick, the founder of Harken who still held stock in the firm, observed: “It's obvious why ...
Robert Swansbrough, 2008
6
A Miracle and a Privilege:: Recounting a Half Century of ...
While I was well aware of Harken's interests, neither he nor I could have foreseen the number of patients with mitral stenosis who would seek his help over the next few years. By 1955 he had operated on over 1,000 such patients, most of them ...
Francis D. Moore, M.D., 1995
7
Hail to the CEO: The Failure of George W. Bush and the Cult ...
The Harken directors and managers seem, understandably, to have wanted to stay aboard their leaky vessel. By keeping themselves at the helm, the directors and managers could participate to the fullest degree in the Bahrain deal.
James Hoopes, 2008
8
The Terror Conspiracy: Deception, 9;11 and the Loss of Liberty
It is interesting to note that this line was located between the Iraqi forces and the Harken oil interests owned by his son, then soon-to-be Texas Governor George W. Bush. The president's eldest son was a $50,000-a-year “consultant” to and a ...
Jim Marrs, 2006
9
Our Puppet Government: Updated and Revised Second Edition
In 1986, the Harken Energy Company was struggling to pay off two of its major loans with The Bank of Boston, and First City Bankcorp — and it was highly unlikely that the HMC, together with a billionaire financier by the name of George Soros ...
John R. Krismer, 2013
10
Yachting
Take a close look at Locura. Harken foot blocks She won Class, D in the reducing sheet 1983 SORC, placed second over- friction to an ab- all, and was named to the solute minimum. US Admiral's Cup team. When Locura's Mark Soverel ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harken is used in the context of the following news items.
1
One Man's Obsession With Antique Toys Resulted in a Museum …
Cars and truck harken back to Frank Kidd's former automotive business. (Image courtesy of Kidd's Toy Museum). Early Disney characters are in ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
2
Review: 'Minions' offers laughs, but characters lack depth of those in …
... the Minions) and Kyle Balda might've been expected to harken back to the days of silent film comedians like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. «The Elkhart Truth, Jul 15»
3
SDCC 2015: Plugging in with Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash | Shacknews
Common household trash will be scattered across levels, which Chibi-Robo can clean up in ways that harken back to his GameCube days. «Shacknews, Jul 15»
4
Carter calls Bragg troops 'tip of spear' for new strategic era - U.S. Army
... that sacrifice bigger than it has to be. We've got to keep thinking, sensing and adjusting, not just living with old regulations that harken back to ... «United States Army, Jul 15»
5
Keep calm and eat more pies - Blogs - The Herald News, Fall River …
The pies, that harken back to Fall River's British history, come in a few more varieties these days, like chicken, buffalo chicken, chili, and even ... «Fall River Herald News, Jul 15»
6
Tianna Tee Time - The Pilot Independent: Sports
Those following the rules and counting the odd holes only were: Flight 1 Mary Harken, Flight 2 Reni Weise and Flight 3 Jan Carlson and Cher ... «Walker Pilot Independent, Jul 15»
7
Is Tame Impala's 'Currents' The Best Album Of The Year? - Tone Deaf
The gloomy synths harken the spirits of bleak '80s dream-pop, as a simple bass line and clapping percussion urges Parker to admit to himself “I ... «Tone Deaf, Jul 15»
8
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour review for PS4, Xbox One - Gaming Age
Another addition to this year's entry is the Night Club Challenge, featuring a number of specific arcade-style events that harken back to some of ... «Gaming Age, Jul 15»
9
Klemek Column: Sandhill cranes harken back to an ancient time
Klemek Column: Sandhill cranes harken back to an ancient time. For all its quintessential wildness and uniqueness, not many sounds in Nature ... «Crookston Daily Times, Jul 15»
10
Stocks rise on Greece breakthrough
“Perhaps it's best — and it pains me to say this — if the NYSE remains a TV studio and a museum to harken back to when it was a great symbol ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»

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