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I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one.
Daniel Pinkwater

Meaning of "hunt up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUNT UP

hunt up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUNT UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hunt up 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 hunt up in English.

WHAT DOES HUNT UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hunt up in the English dictionary

The definition of hunt up in the dictionary is to search for, esp successfully. Other definition of hunt up is to be rung progressively earlier during a set of changes.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HUNT UP

PRESENT

Present
I hunt up
you hunt up
he/she/it hunts up
we hunt up
you hunt up
they hunt up
Present continuous
I am hunting up
you are hunting up
he/she/it is hunting up
we are hunting up
you are hunting up
they are hunting up
Present perfect
I have hunted up
you have hunted up
he/she/it has hunted up
we have hunted up
you have hunted up
they have hunted up
Present perfect continuous
I have been hunting up
you have been hunting up
he/she/it has been hunting up
we have been hunting up
you have been hunting up
they have been hunting up
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 hunted up
you hunted up
he/she/it hunted up
we hunted up
you hunted up
they hunted up
Past continuous
I was hunting up
you were hunting up
he/she/it was hunting up
we were hunting up
you were hunting up
they were hunting up
Past perfect
I had hunted up
you had hunted up
he/she/it had hunted up
we had hunted up
you had hunted up
they had hunted up
Past perfect continuous
I had been hunting up
you had been hunting up
he/she/it had been hunting up
we had been hunting up
you had been hunting up
they had been hunting up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hunt up
we let´s hunt up
you hunt up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hunt up
Past participle
hunted up
Present Participle
hunting up
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 BEGIN LIKE HUNT UP

hunt
hunt down
hunt sabbing
hunt saboteur
hunt the slipper
hunt the thimble
huntable
huntaway
hunted
huntedly
hunter
hunter-gatherer
hunter-killer
hunter-killer submarine
hunter´s moon
huntiegowk
hunting
hunting case
hunting cat
hunting ground

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUNT UP

beat up
cut up
eat up
front up
get up
keep it up
let up
light up
lit up
live it up
mix it up
point up
put up
set up
shoot up
shut up
sit up
split up
start up
straight up

Synonyms and antonyms of hunt up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hunt up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUNT UP

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

Translator English - Chinese

打猎了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cazar hasta
570 millions of speakers

English

hunt up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर का शिकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مطاردة تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

охотиться до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caçar -se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হান্ট আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chasser jusqu´à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memburu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auftreiben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップ狩り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

까지 사냥
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mburu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tìm kiếm được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேட்டையாடுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोधाशोध करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Avlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caccia up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polowanie się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полювати до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vânătoare în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυνηγήσουν μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jag op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jaga upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jakte opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hunt up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNT UP»

The term «hunt up» is regularly used and occupies the 103.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNT UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hunt up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hunt up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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QUOTES WITH «HUNT UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hunt up.
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Daniel Pinkwater
I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNT UP»

Discover the use of hunt up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hunt up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Romeo and Juliet
36. [rig/u' P—Jllore] Theob. [rig/2!, ...t0 the chamber. Cambr. more QqFf, Rowe. [ grim—mare Dyce. 38. JVurre .7] Theob. Nurre. QqFt', {IQ/It! more Sta. Ktly. [lg/ll.' more Coll. Ulr. Del. Huds. Sta. White, Hal. Cambr. Ktly. THE NEW HUNT'S-UP.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
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Up a Road Slowly
After her mother's death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.
Irene Hunt, 2005
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A Collection of National English Airs: Music
A “ Hunt is up,” or “ Hunt's-up,” was a general term for Hunting Songs, or rather an early song to rouse the party for the chase, something equivalent to the French Réreillée. It was afterwards generally used for any description of Morning Song.
William Chappell, 1840
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A Collection of National English Airs, Consisting of Ancient ...
A “ Hunt is up,” or “Hunt's-up,” was a general term for Hunting Songs, or rather an early song to rouse the party for the chase, something equivalent to the French Révez'llée. It was afterwards generally used for any description of Morning Song.
‎1838
5
Collection of National English Airs,: Consisting of Ancient ...
A “ Hunt is up,” or “ Hunt's-up," was a general term for Hunting Songs, or rather an early song to rouse the party for the chase, something equivalent to the French Ré-veillée. It was afterWards generally used for any description of Morning Song.
William Chappell, 1840
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How to Hunt Birds with Gun Dogs
I'd concentrate my hunt up to 50 feet from this edge. And remember this, birds can sometimes get edge where you don't necessarily see it at first glance. Consider a pasture with a plum thicket in the middle of it. All the fringe of the thicket would ...
Bill Tarrant, 2002
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... out for you; We should hunt out all our old clothes and give them to charity. hunt up vt sep (inf) to find or get (information - if ) by study or research : I'll hunt up the details for you in our library. hurdle I'haidl] nc 1 a frame to be jumped in a race .
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Chambers concise dictionary
... hunt someone or something out or up to search or seek something out. hunt up or down bell- ringing to ring (a bell) progressively earlier or later respectively in a sequence. See also HUNTING2. hunt ball > n a ball given by the members of a ...
Ian Brookes, 2004
9
A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
IV. i. S. We see by the passage in Hamlet, that hunting counter was used with latitude for taking a false trail, and not strictly confined to going the wrong way. A Hunt's-up. A noise made to rouse a person in a morning ; originally a tune played to ...
Robert Nares, 1822
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Rowland, for shame, awake thy drowsy Muse, Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayt. Eel. iii. p. 1392. No sooner doth the earth her flowery bosom brave, At such time as the year brings on the pleasant spring, But hunts-up to the  ...
Robert Nares, 1822

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNT UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hunt up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker awards …
LOGAN — Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton made waves nationally when he received a medical redshirt for a fifth season of eligibility ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
2
FC Dallas gets Soumare for Bekker in deal with Montreal | KSL.com
story author. Sean Walker. story image. Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... posted 28 minutes ago. story image ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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Henry hits go-ahead, Atlanta beats Los Angeles 76-72 | KSL.com
story author. Sean Walker. story image. Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... posted 51 minutes ago. story image ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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Mavs President Terdema Ussery taking job with Under Armour | KSL …
Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton was one of 24 quarterbacks named to the ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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Shortstop Everth Cabrera signs minor league deal with Giants | KSL …
story author. Sean Walker. story image. Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... posted 29 minutes ago. story image ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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Gulfstream to offer 4 no-Lasix races this weekend | KSL.com
story author. Sean Walker. story image. Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... posted 18 minutes ago. story image ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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Boxer Jermain Taylor enters plea to Arkansas battery charge | KSL …
story author. Sean Walker. story image. Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... posted 28 minutes ago. story image ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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Health secretary challenges top doctors to 'get real' - Daily Express
Jeremy Hunt up close LEE THOMAS. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt. He is threatening to impose new terms to stop hospital consultants opting ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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More watch list honors for BYU's Kaufusi, Koroma; Pikula also …
story author. Sean Walker. story image. Keeton among candidates for O'Brien, Hunt up for Walker... posted 44 minutes ago. story image ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
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The 100-year struggle: Part II
McKinney wrote that he was “compelled to mount my horse, hunt up the trustees ... and gather from them the scanty information that enabled ... «Cadiz Record, Jul 15»

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