Conjugation of the verb "describe"

Conjugation of the verb describe[dɪsˈkraɪb], regular     

describe not describedescribe?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I describe
you describe
he/she/it describes
we describe
you describe
they describe

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Participles

Present

describing

Past

described

Infinitives

Infinitives

to describe
to have described
to be describing
to have been describing
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