The future tense came into being as the verbs sculan and willan lost their ancient power as finite verbs and turned into future auxiliaries.
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Finite verb
Synonyms for "finite verb" (16 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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16 entriesauxiliary finite verbfinite amountfinite groupfinite resourcefinite sequencefinite setfinite spacefinite timeimperative finite verbinfinitivelexical finite verbmodal finite verbpast finite verbpast participlepresent finite verbpresent participle
Collocations
11 entriesconjugated verbfinite amountfinite populationfinite resourcefinite setfinite statefinite timefinite verb formnonfinite verbpast finite verbpresent finite verb
Inflections
3 entriesfinite verbsmore finitemost finite
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
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