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PRONUNCIATION OF SHADOW-BOX

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHADOW-BOX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shadow-Box 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 shadow-box in English.

WHAT DOES SHADOW-BOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shadow-box in the English dictionary

The definition of shadow-box in the dictionary is to practise blows and footwork against an imaginary opponent. Other definition of shadow-box is to act or speak unconvincingly, without saying what one means, etc.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHADOW-BOX

PRESENT

Present
I shadow-box
you shadow-box
he/she/it shadow-boxes
we shadow-box
you shadow-box
they shadow-box
Present continuous
I am shadow-boxing
you are shadow-boxing
he/she/it is shadow-boxing
we are shadow-boxing
you are shadow-boxing
they are shadow-boxing
Present perfect
I have shadow-boxed
you have shadow-boxed
he/she/it has shadow-boxed
we have shadow-boxed
you have shadow-boxed
they have shadow-boxed
Present perfect continuous
I have been shadow-boxing
you have been shadow-boxing
he/she/it has been shadow-boxing
we have been shadow-boxing
you have been shadow-boxing
they have been shadow-boxing
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 shadow-boxed
you shadow-boxed
he/she/it shadow-boxed
we shadow-boxed
you shadow-boxed
they shadow-boxed
Past continuous
I was shadow-boxing
you were shadow-boxing
he/she/it was shadow-boxing
we were shadow-boxing
you were shadow-boxing
they were shadow-boxing
Past perfect
I had shadow-boxed
you had shadow-boxed
he/she/it had shadow-boxed
we had shadow-boxed
you had shadow-boxed
they had shadow-boxed
Past perfect continuous
I had been shadow-boxing
you had been shadow-boxing
he/she/it had been shadow-boxing
we had been shadow-boxing
you had been shadow-boxing
they had been shadow-boxing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shadow-box
you will shadow-box
he/she/it will shadow-box
we will shadow-box
you will shadow-box
they will shadow-box
Future continuous
I will be shadow-boxing
you will be shadow-boxing
he/she/it will be shadow-boxing
we will be shadow-boxing
you will be shadow-boxing
they will be shadow-boxing
Future perfect
I will have shadow-boxed
you will have shadow-boxed
he/she/it will have shadow-boxed
we will have shadow-boxed
you will have shadow-boxed
they will have shadow-boxed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shadow-boxing
you will have been shadow-boxing
he/she/it will have been shadow-boxing
we will have been shadow-boxing
you will have been shadow-boxing
they will have been shadow-boxing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shadow-box
we let´s shadow-box
you shadow-box
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shadow-box
Past participle
shadow-boxed
Present Participle
shadow-boxing
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 SHADOW-BOX

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shadow mask
shadow minister
shadow play
shadow price
shadow test
shadow-boxing
shadowcast
shadower
shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowily
shadowiness
shadowless
shadowlike
shadowy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHADOW-BOX

axle-box
black box
box
chocolate-box
collection box
gearbox
hotbox
inbox
jack-in-the-box
jacks-in-the-box
jukebox
light box
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out of the box
pillar-box
PO box
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the box
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Synonyms and antonyms of shadow-box in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shadow-box» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHADOW-BOX

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

Translator English - Chinese

影子盒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shadow -box
570 millions of speakers

English

shadow-box
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छाया बॉक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الظل مربع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тень - коробка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shadow- box
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছায়া বাক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ombre - boîte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotak bayang-bayang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schatten - Box
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シャドーボックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그림자 상자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bayang-kotak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bóng hộp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிழல் பாக்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सावली-खोकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gölge kutusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shadow -box
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shadow- box
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тінь - коробка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shadow- box
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκιά - box
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skaduwee - boks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shadow- box
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shadow -box
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shadow-box

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOW-BOX»

The term «shadow-box» is regularly used and occupies the 59.289 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOW-BOX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shadow-box» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shadow-box» 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 shadow-box

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHADOW-BOX»

Discover the use of shadow-box in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shadow-box and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shadow Box: A Drama in Two Acts
"An important, touching and courageous play...Triumphantly turns up...Cristofer writes with the compassion of the undamned. An extraordinarily good Broadway play with meaty roles for actors."-The New York Times "Thunders with life.
Michael Cristofer, 1977
2
Shadow-Box
The world's first black heavyweight champion experiences bigotry, fights for love, and struggles with fame in a novel that spans the first half of the twentieth century, in a novel based on the life of Jack Johnson. Reprint.
Antonia Logue, 2000
3
Shadow Box: Poems
The two-for-the-price-of-one poems in Shadow Box -- poems enclosed, or embedded, or inlaid within poems--comprise a new and dramatic verse form by one of America's most respected poets.
Fred Chappell, 2009
4
Shadow Box
Slivers of personality leaked outof the Shadow Box overthe millennia,butthere was no body to inhabit, and so they just died. The Tuatha de Danaan system never rebooted.” Kane shookhishead. “How canyou know allofthis, Baptiste?” “ Listen ...
James Axler, 2014
5
Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring
Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout - and brings back this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer.
George Plimpton, 2010
6
Clinton/Gore: Victory from a Shadow Box
This book is a look back at the importance of all the right moves made by Bill Clinton from the New Hampshire primary, to the selection of Al Gore as his running mate, to his handling of the Republican takeover of the House of ...
Jeffrey J. Volle, 2012
7
The Shadow Box
A Wall Street banker sees his life come crashing down around him when a mysterious conspiracy decides to exploit a secret from his past
John R. Maxim, 1997
8
Shadow Box
Tommy Kelly may be banged up, but he's still pulling the strings.
Peter Cocks, 2013
9
Christmas Star: A Light-up Shadow-box Book
Recounts the story of the first Christmas and includes five three-dimensional spreads illustrating key scenes, with a twinkling star that illuminates the final scene.
Deni Bown, 1995
10
Shadow Play: Making Pictures W Light & Lenses
Demonstrates how to build a shadow box in order to make a variety of shadows and explains how the study of shadows led to the invention of the camera
Bernard Zubrowski, 1995

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