ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHOCK
From Old French choc, from choquier to make violent contact with, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German schoc.
WHAT DOES SHOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of shock in the English dictionary
The first definition of shock in the dictionary is to experience or cause to experience extreme horror, disgust, surprise, etc. Other definition of shock is to cause a state of shock in. Shock is also to come or cause to come into violent contact; jar.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHOCK
PRESENT
Present
I shock
you shock
he/she/it shocks
we shock
you shock
they shock
Present continuous
I am shocking
you are shocking
he/she/it is shocking
we are shocking
you are shocking
they are shocking
Present perfect
I have shocked
you have shocked
he/she/it has shocked
we have shocked
you have shocked
they have shocked
Present perfect continuous
I have been shocking
you have been shocking
he/she/it has been shocking
we have been shocking
you have been shocking
they have been shocking
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 shocked
you shocked
he/she/it shocked
we shocked
you shocked
they shocked
Past continuous
I was shocking
you were shocking
he/she/it was shocking
we were shocking
you were shocking
they were shocking
Past perfect
I had shocked
you had shocked
he/she/it had shocked
we had shocked
you had shocked
they had shocked
Past perfect continuous
I had been shocking
you had been shocking
he/she/it had been shocking
we had been shocking
you had been shocking
they had been shocking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will shock
you will shock
he/she/it will shock
we will shock
you will shock
they will shock
Future continuous
I will be shocking
you will be shocking
he/she/it will be shocking
we will be shocking
you will be shocking
they will be shocking
Future perfect
I will have shocked
you will have shocked
he/she/it will have shocked
we will have shocked
you will have shocked
they will have shocked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shocking
you will have been shocking
he/she/it will have been shocking
we will have been shocking
you will have been shocking
they will have been shocking
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would shock
you would shock
he/she/it would shock
we would shock
you would shock
they would shock
Conditional continuous
I would be shocking
you would be shocking
he/she/it would be shocking
we would be shocking
you would be shocking
they would be shocking
Conditional perfect
I would have shock
you would have shock
he/she/it would have shock
we would have shock
you would have shock
they would have shock
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shocking
you would have been shocking
he/she/it would have been shocking
we would have been shocking
you would have been shocking
they would have been shocking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you shock
we let´s shock
you shock
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
shocking
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 «SHOCK»
The term «shock» is very widely used and occupies the
4.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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10 QUOTES WITH «SHOCK»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
shock.
No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
To look at ourselves from afar, to make the subjective suddenly objective: this gives us a psychic shock.
It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.
It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.
I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting.
Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock.
Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out of myself.
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOCK»
Discover the use of
shock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Present
Shock: When Everything Happens Now
Yet this “now” is an elusive goal that we can never quite reach. And the dissonance between our digital selves and our analog bodies has thrown us into a new state of anxiety: present shock.
2
The
Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution.
Predicts the pace of environmental change during the next thirty years and the ways in which the individual must face and learn to cope with personal and social change
This book presents a full picture of ECT, analyzing the treatment?s risks along with its benefits.
Kitty Dukakis, Larry Tye, 2007
5
The
Shock Absorber Handbook
This, the second edition of the Shock Absorber Handbook (first edition published in 1999), remains the only English language book devoted to the subject.
Deborah Cochrane and Joanna Meissner, students and close friends, spot a campus newspaper ad that promises to solve their financial problems: an exclusive, highly profitable fertility clinic on Boston's North Shore is looking for donors.
7
Supersonic Flow and
Shock Waves
Courant and Friedrich's classical treatise was first published in 1948 and tThe basic research for it took place during World War II. However, many aspects make the book just as interesting as a text and a reference today.
Richard Courant, Kurt Otto Friedrichs, 1976
8
The Psychology of Culture
Shock
This thoroghly revised and updated edition of the classic Culture Shock examines the psychological and social processes involved in intercultural contact, including learning new culture specific skills, and managing stress.
Colleen A. Ward, Stephen Bochner, Adrian Furnham, 2001
9
Shock Of The Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
This first ever history of technology casts aside the usual stories of inventions and focuses instead on what people actually use.
10
Food
Shock: The Truth about what We Put on Our Plate ... and ...
The results are not as palatable as you might like to imagine. 'Food Shock' gives consumers the knowledge to enable them to make educated choices in the food they eat and also the tools to influence how their food is produced.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOCK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shock is used in the context of the following news items.
WNBA approves move of Tulsa Shock to D-FW for 2016 season
Tulsa Shock guard Skylar Diggins (4) drives the ball around Minnesota Lynx guard Jennifer O'Neill during a WNBA basketball game in Minneapolis. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
Hard To Argue With Relocating Shock From Tulsa To Dallas
Monday, I flashed back to that feeling upon hearing the news that Tulsa Shock majority owner Bill Cameron is seeking to move the franchise to Dallas. Like most ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
Maya Moore scores 32 points, Lynx beat Shock 79-72 in Western …
TULSA, Okla. — Maya Moore scored 32 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Tulsa Shock 79-72 on Sunday in a showdown between the top two teams in the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
Iowa community drops plan to shock official for fundraiser
The idea of selling $5 raffle tickets for the right to shock an official was intended to raise money to help the police department buy a second squad car, add speed ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
Tulsa Shock defeats L.A. Sparks as Odyssey Sims returns
The Shock (10-4) struggled to get going early on, missing five of its first six shots, but Tulsa turned it on from there to beat the struggling Los Angeles Sparks ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
Toliver sets record as LA Sparks beat Tulsa Shock 98-95
Toliver set a franchise record with 43 points Friday night to lead the Los Angeles Sparks to a 98-95 win over the Tulsa Shock. The seven-year pro out of ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Bird and Loyd ignite Storm past Shock
Seattle, WA -- The Seattle Storm defeated the Tulsa Shock 74-69 Tuesday night in Seattle. Despite missing their first six shots and committing two turnovers and ... «Swish Appeal, Jul 15»
Ten years on, shock remains over Leeds 7/7 bombers
When we heard the news that the perpetrators had come from Leeds we were in a complete sense of shock and disbelief. Never in a million years did we think ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
Liberty no match for Shock
Brittany Lloyd drives past Tulsa's Courtney Paris during the Liberty's 71-62 loss to the Shock on Friday night. Photo: NBAE via Getty Images ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
Shock overcome Lynx in clash of top West teams
The Tulsa Shock have been very remarkable in the season and on Sunday, pitted against a two-time champion team, the young, energetic crew passed another ... «Swish Appeal, Jun 15»
