Conjugation of the verb "contain"

Conjugation of the verb contain[kənˈteɪn], regular     

not contain
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I contain
you contain
he/she/it contains
we contain
you contain
they contain

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Participles

Present

containing

Past

contained

Infinitives

Infinitives

to contain
to have contained
to be containing
to have been containing
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