ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIT
Old English pytt, from Latin puteus; compare Old French pet, Old High German pfuzzi.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PIT
PRESENT
Present
I pit
you pit
he/she/it pits
we pit
you pit
they pit
Present continuous
I am pitting
you are pitting
he/she/it is pitting
we are pitting
you are pitting
they are pitting
Present perfect
I have pitted
you have pitted
he/she/it has pitted
we have pitted
you have pitted
they have pitted
Present perfect continuous
I have been pitting
you have been pitting
he/she/it has been pitting
we have been pitting
you have been pitting
they have been pitting
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 pitted
you pitted
he/she/it pitted
we pitted
you pitted
they pitted
Past continuous
I was pitting
you were pitting
he/she/it was pitting
we were pitting
you were pitting
they were pitting
Past perfect
I had pitted
you had pitted
he/she/it had pitted
we had pitted
you had pitted
they had pitted
Past perfect continuous
I had been pitting
you had been pitting
he/she/it had been pitting
we had been pitting
you had been pitting
they had been pitting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will pit
you will pit
he/she/it will pit
we will pit
you will pit
they will pit
Future continuous
I will be pitting
you will be pitting
he/she/it will be pitting
we will be pitting
you will be pitting
they will be pitting
Future perfect
I will have pitted
you will have pitted
he/she/it will have pitted
we will have pitted
you will have pitted
they will have pitted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pitting
you will have been pitting
he/she/it will have been pitting
we will have been pitting
you will have been pitting
they will have been pitting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would pit
you would pit
he/she/it would pit
we would pit
you would pit
they would pit
Conditional continuous
I would be pitting
you would be pitting
he/she/it would be pitting
we would be pitting
you would be pitting
they would be pitting
Conditional perfect
I would have pit
you would have pit
he/she/it would have pit
we would have pit
you would have pit
they would have pit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pitting
you would have been pitting
he/she/it would have been pitting
we would have been pitting
you would have been pitting
they would have been pitting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you pit
we let´s pit
you pit
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
pitting
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.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIT»
The term «pit» is very widely used and occupies the
7.194 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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10 QUOTES WITH «PIT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
pit.
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
Despite living in an increasingly digital world, there are a few things I still like to keep as physical reminders. So every time I see an exhibition, I make a pit stop at the museum gift shop to buy a postcard of something that inspired me.
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared.
All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, the Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.
It really started cooking when I moved to Houston. I bought a house and got my own barbeque pit.
He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit.
You never hear about a pit bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them... and, in many ways, pit bulls are like young African-American males. Whenever you see us in the news, it's for getting shot and killed or shooting and killing somebody - for being a stereotype.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIT»
Discover the use of
pit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American
Pit Bull Terrier Handbook
Owners of this assertive breed are advised on the importance of rigorous but humane obedience training.
2
Get Out of That
Pit: Straight Talk about God's Deliverance
What happens when we invite God’s Power into our pain From her first breath of fresh air beyond the pit, it has never been enough for Beth Moore to be free.
3
Mine
Pit Lakes: Characteristics, Predictive Modeling, and ...
The key to solving this dilemma is accurately predicting the water quality in advance of open pit mining.That's the purpose of Mine Pit Lakes.The third in a series of six handbooks by the Acid Drainage Technology Initiative,-Metal Mining ...
Devin N. Castendyk, L. Edmond Eary, 2009
4
In a
Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
But God is in the recycling business. He recycles past experiences and uses them to prepare us for future opportunities. That is the story of my life. And that is the story of your life.
If you think Pit Bulls should be purged from the face of the earth, Pit Bulls For Dummies will enlighten you. Perhaps you're curious about this breed and want to know what Pit Bulls are really like; if so, this book is for you.
6
Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Trad
" This is the true story of how Schwartz became the best of the best, of the people and places he discovered along the way and of the trader’s tricks and techniques he used to make his millions.
Martin Schwartz, Amy Hempel, 2009
7
Partial Differential Equations
This text gathers, revises and explains the newly developed Adomian decomposition method along with its modification and some traditional techniques.
8
American
Pit Bull Terriers/American Staffordshire Terriers
Provides information and advice to help you take good care of your American pit bull terriers or American Staffordshire terriers.
9
Acidic
Pit Lakes: The Legacy of Coal and Metal Surface Mines
In the first part of the book, general scientific issues are presented in 21 contributions from the fields of geo-environmental science, water chemistry, lake physics, lake modeling, and on the peculiar biological features that occur in the ...
Walter Geller, Martin Schultze, Bob Kleinmann, 2012
10
Raku,
Pit & Barrel: Firing Techniques
A collection of 28 carefully selected feature articles from Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. This handbook is divided into three sections covering each of these popular topics.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pit is used in the context of the following news items.
Dog owners unite at free pit bull clinic in Waukegan
Albert and Ambreia Johnson wait in a coveted area of shade with their sibling pit bulls, Goddess and Bonita, at a free pit bull health clinic ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
Business Intel: Pita Pit restaurant chain coming to downtown Roanoke
For those of you who haven't visited Pita Pit before, it has the same kind of atmosphere as Chipotle or Firehouse Subs. Located in a lot of ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
Report Card: Time to pit 135-pound champ Dillashaw against Cruz
CHICAGO -- There is one fight to make in the UFC's 135-pound male division right now and that is TJ Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz. That's it. «ESPN, Jul 15»
Tyrese Gibson Makes Abu Dhabi Pit Stop To Tubthump 'Furious 7 …
Tyrese Gibson made a stopover in Abu Dhabi last week to promote Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's global release of “Furious 7.”. «Variety, Jul 15»
Talent: Breed's history does not make all pit bulls bad dogs
OK, I hear what she's saying, but what is the purpose of this article? To put fear in the hearts of people so they will not adopt a pit bull? «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
Police reaction to pit-bull complaint
I am a community health nurse and would like to comment on the pit-bull attacks in Fitchburg. On July 16, I visited an elderly patient in West ... «Sentinel & Enterprise, Jul 15»
ALROSA Readies for Production Boost as Udachnaya Open-Pit …
ALROSA has shifted operations at the iconic Udachnaya mine from open-pit to underground mining that will eventually yield 5 million carats a ... «Rapaport, Jul 15»
Parks Pit Report: Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the …
Every bit of the track is asphalt, including pit road and the infield. That is except for one yard of bricks on the racing surface, honoring the ... «Gant Daily, Jul 15»
'Bronchitis/pneumonia' forces Passion Pit to miss two festival …
Passion Pit's third LP 'Kindred' was released earlier this year. The band are set to continue to tour the album in Japan and Australia in August. «NME.com, Jul 15»
Environmental Court buries proposed Bristol pit, voids earlier permits
BRISTOL — A 12-year-long conflict over a proposed gravel pit near downtown Bristol is likely at an end. Judge Thomas Durkin of the Vermont ... «Addison County Independent, Jul 15»
