best: verb conjugation and noun forms

Conjugation of the verb best[best], regular     

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All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I best
you best
he/she/it bests
we best
you best
they best

Present Continuous

I am besting
you are besting
he/she/it is besting
we are besting
you are besting
they are besting

Present Perfect

I have bested
you have bested
he/she/it has bested
we have bested
you have bested
they have bested

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been besting
you have been besting
he/she/it has been besting
we have been besting
you have been besting
they have been besting

Past Indefinite

I bested
you bested
he/she/it bested
we bested
you bested
they bested

Past Continuous

I was besting
you were besting
he/she/it was besting
we were besting
you were besting
they were besting

Past Perfect

I had bested
you had bested
he/she/it had bested
we had bested
you had bested
they had bested

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been besting
you had been besting
he/she/it had been besting
we had been besting
you had been besting
they had been besting

Future Indefinite

I will best
you will best
he/she/it will best
we will best
you will best
they will best

Future Continuous

I will be besting
you will be besting
he/she/it will be besting
we will be besting
you will be besting
they will be besting

Future Perfect

I will have bested
you will have bested
he/she/it will have bested
we will have bested
you will have bested
they will have bested

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been besting
you will have been besting
he/she/it will have been besting
we will have been besting
you will have been besting
they will have been besting

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't best
you don't best
he/she/it doesn't best
we don't best
you don't best
they don't best

Present Continuous

I am not besting
you aren't besting
he/she/it isn't besting
we aren't besting
you aren't besting
they aren't besting

Present Perfect

I haven't bested
you haven't bested
he/she/it hasn't bested
we haven't bested
you haven't bested
they haven't bested

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been besting
you haven't been besting
he/she/it hasn't been besting
we haven't been besting
you haven't been besting
they haven't been besting

Past Indefinite

I didn't best
you didn't best
he/she/it didn't best
we didn't best
you didn't best
they didn't best

Past Continuous

I wasn't besting
you weren't besting
he/she/it wasn't besting
we weren't besting
you weren't besting
they weren't besting

Past Perfect

I hadn't bested
you hadn't bested
he/she/it hadn't bested
we hadn't bested
you hadn't bested
they hadn't bested

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been besting
you hadn't been besting
he/she/it hadn't been besting
we hadn't been besting
you hadn't been besting
they hadn't been besting

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't best
you won't best
he/she/it won't best
we shan't / won't best
you won't best
they won't best

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be besting
you won't be besting
he/she/it won't be besting
we shan't / won't be besting
you won't be besting
they won't be besting

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have bested
you won't have bested
he/she/it won't have bested
we shan't / won't have bested
you won't have bested
they won't have bested

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been besting
you won't have been besting
he/she/it won't have been besting
we shan't / won't have been besting
you won't have been besting
they won't have been besting

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I best?
do you best?
does he/she/it best?
do we best?
do you best?
do they best?

Present Continuous

am I besting?
are you besting?
is he/she/it besting?
are we besting?
are you besting?
are they besting?

Present Perfect

have I bested?
have you bested?
has he/she/it bested?
have we bested?
have you bested?
have they bested?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been besting?
have you been besting?
has he/she/it been besting?
have we been besting?
have you been besting?
have they been besting?

Past Indefinite

did I best?
did you best?
did he/she/it best?
did we best?
did you best?
did they best?

Past Continuous

was I besting?
were you besting?
was he/she/it besting?
were we besting?
were you besting?
were they besting?

Past Perfect

had I bested?
had you bested?
had he/she/it bested?
had we bested?
had you bested?
had they bested?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been besting?
had you been besting?
had he/she/it been besting?
had we been besting?
had you been besting?
had they been besting?

Future Indefinite

will I best?
will you best?
will he/she/it best?
will we best?
will you best?
will they best?

Future Continuous

will I be besting?
will you be besting?
will he/she/it be besting?
will we be besting?
will you be besting?
will they be besting?

Future Perfect

will I have bested?
will you have bested?
will he/she/it have bested?
will we have bested?
will you have bested?
will they have bested?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been besting?
will you have been besting?
will he/she/it have been besting?
will we have been besting?
will you have been besting?
will they have been besting?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would best
you would best
he/she/it would best
we would best
you would best
they would best

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be besting
you would be besting
he/she/it would be besting
we would be besting
you would be besting
they would be besting

Conditional Perfect

I would have bested
you would have bested
he/she/it would have bested
we would have bested
you would have bested
they would have bested

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been besting
you would have been besting
he/she/it would have been besting
we would have been besting
you would have been besting
they would have been besting

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't best
you wouldn't best
he/she/it wouldn't best
we wouldn't best
you wouldn't best
they wouldn't best

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be besting
you wouldn't be besting
he/she/it wouldn't be besting
we wouldn't be besting
you wouldn't be besting
they wouldn't be besting

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have bested
you wouldn't have bested
he/she/it wouldn't have bested
we wouldn't have bested
you wouldn't have bested
they wouldn't have bested

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been besting
you wouldn't have been besting
he/she/it wouldn't have been besting
we wouldn't have been besting
you wouldn't have been besting
they wouldn't have been besting

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I best?
would you best?
would he/she/it best?
would we best?
would you best?
would they best?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be besting?
would you be besting?
would he/she/it be besting?
would we be besting?
would you be besting?
would they be besting?

Conditional Perfect

would I have bested?
would you have bested?
would he/she/it have bested?
would we have bested?
would you have bested?
would they have bested?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been besting?
would you have been besting?
would he/she/it have been besting?
would we have been besting?
would you have been besting?
would they have been besting?

Participles

Present

besting

Past

bested

Infinitives

Infinitives

to best
to have bested
to be besting
to have been besting

Superlative and Comparative Forms of good[ɡud]     

Positive good
Comparative better
Superlative best

well[wel]     

Positive well
Comparative better
Superlative best
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