CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLATITUDINISE
PRESENT
Present
I platitudinise
you platitudinise
he/she/it platitudinises
we platitudinise
you platitudinise
they platitudinise
Present continuous
I am platitudinising
you are platitudinising
he/she/it is platitudinising
we are platitudinising
you are platitudinising
they are platitudinising
Present perfect
I have platitudinised
you have platitudinised
he/she/it has platitudinised
we have platitudinised
you have platitudinised
they have platitudinised
Present perfect continuous
I have been platitudinising
you have been platitudinising
he/she/it has been platitudinising
we have been platitudinising
you have been platitudinising
they have been platitudinising
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 platitudinised
you platitudinised
he/she/it platitudinised
we platitudinised
you platitudinised
they platitudinised
Past continuous
I was platitudinising
you were platitudinising
he/she/it was platitudinising
we were platitudinising
you were platitudinising
they were platitudinising
Past perfect
I had platitudinised
you had platitudinised
he/she/it had platitudinised
we had platitudinised
you had platitudinised
they had platitudinised
Past perfect continuous
I had been platitudinising
you had been platitudinising
he/she/it had been platitudinising
we had been platitudinising
you had been platitudinising
they had been platitudinising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will platitudinise
you will platitudinise
he/she/it will platitudinise
we will platitudinise
you will platitudinise
they will platitudinise
Future continuous
I will be platitudinising
you will be platitudinising
he/she/it will be platitudinising
we will be platitudinising
you will be platitudinising
they will be platitudinising
Future perfect
I will have platitudinised
you will have platitudinised
he/she/it will have platitudinised
we will have platitudinised
you will have platitudinised
they will have platitudinised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been platitudinising
you will have been platitudinising
he/she/it will have been platitudinising
we will have been platitudinising
you will have been platitudinising
they will have been platitudinising
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would platitudinise
you would platitudinise
he/she/it would platitudinise
we would platitudinise
you would platitudinise
they would platitudinise
Conditional continuous
I would be platitudinising
you would be platitudinising
he/she/it would be platitudinising
we would be platitudinising
you would be platitudinising
they would be platitudinising
Conditional perfect
I would have platitudinise
you would have platitudinise
he/she/it would have platitudinise
we would have platitudinise
you would have platitudinise
they would have platitudinise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been platitudinising
you would have been platitudinising
he/she/it would have been platitudinising
we would have been platitudinising
you would have been platitudinising
they would have been platitudinising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you platitudinise
we let´s platitudinise
you platitudinise
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to platitudinise
Past participle
platitudinised
Present Participle
platitudinising
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.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLATITUDINISE»
Discover the use of
platitudinise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
platitudinise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The New Monthly Magazine
Let me be a chartered libertine to rove to and fro, and to digress, and prose, and
platitudinise, as much as I like (or, between you and me, as mnch as I can't help).
From Henry Brougham to myself and my tale of years — there's one lapse to ...
Let me be a chartered libertine to rove to and fro, and to digress, and prose, and
platitudinise, as much as I like (or, between you and me, as much as I can't help).
From Henry Brougham to myself and my tale of years — there's oue lapse to ...
Thomas Campbell, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Samuel Carter Hall, 1854
Let me be a chartered libertine to rove to and fro, and to digress, and prose, and
platitudinise, as much as I like (or, between you and me, as much as I can't help).
From Henry Brougham to myself and my tale of years— there's one lapse to ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, 1855
4
Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
Let me be a chartered libertine to rove to and fro, and to digress, and prose, and
platitudinise, as much as I like (or, between you and me, as much as I can't help).
From Henry Brougham to myself and my tale of years-— there's one lapse to ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele, 1855
5
Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities: 40 ...
Examinations show time and again that they do not always acquire much of this
necessary knowledge before they begin to platitudinise in totally unrealistic terms
. Nor do they read enough later. Their comments may be unrelated to the facts, ...
Michael Crossley, Patricia Broadfoot, Michele Schweisfurth, 2007
6
The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
Let me be a chartered libertine to rove to and fro, and to digress, and prose, and
platitudinise, as much as I like (or, between you and me, as much as I can't help).
From Henry Brougham to myself and my tale of years — there's one lapse to ...
7
Oxford Dictionary of English
derivatives platitudinize (also platitudinise) verb. – origin early 19th cent.: from
French, from plat 'flat'. platitudinous /ˌplatɪˈtʃuːdɪnəs/ 7adjective (of a remark
or statement) used too often to be interestV- ing or thoughtful; hackneyed: this ...
English people will crowd a theatre times without number to hear music which
they know by heart, and about which they can platitudinise without fear of
contradiction. New or unfamiliar works bore them, firstly, by claiming their
attention, and ...
Clement Scott, Bernard Edward Joseph Capes, Charles Eglington, 1887
9
Dramatic opinions and essays
... will ever change it. I may dodder and dote; I may potboil and platitudinise ; I
may become the butt and chopping-block of all the bright, original spirits of the
rising generation ; but my reputation shall not suffer 464 VALEDICTORY
Valedictory.
Bernard Shaw, James Huneker, 1906
10
Barbara Goes to Oxford
that if she might not platitudinise, and if her conversation failed to please, she
wouldn't talk at all. And so to bed. ' How true it is,' said Brownie at breakfast this
morning, 'that we seldom value our blessings until we lose them.' She spoke thus
in ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLATITUDINISE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
platitudinise is used in the context of the following news items.
The weight of evidence
... proceeded to the waiting TV crews, where they were asked repeatedly to platitudinise about their father's life and about the contentious bill ... «Hindu Business Line, Feb 15»
Zimbabwe suffers from leadership crisis
Ambassador Moyo then went on to platitudinise about pan-Africanism and getting rid of corruption. One wonders whether those were real ... «The Zimbabwe Standard, Jun 14»
How the Magic Sleep Fairy cured my baby's insomnia - and saved …
“Every baby's different,” other mothers would platitudinise, with a knowing smile, and I would have to sit on my hands in a Herculean effort not to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 10»
