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To abstain in English

Regular verb
abstain, abstained, abstained

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I abstain
  • you abstain
  • he abstains
  • we abstain
  • you abstain
  • they abstain

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am abstaining
  • you are abstaining
  • he is abstaining
  • we are abstaining
  • you are abstaining
  • they are abstaining

Past (simple)

  • I abstained
  • you abstained
  • he abstained
  • we abstained
  • you abstained
  • they abstained

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was abstaining
  • you were abstaining
  • he was abstaining
  • we were abstaining
  • you were abstaining
  • they were abstaining

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have abstained
  • you have abstained
  • he has abstained
  • we have abstained
  • you have abstained
  • they have abstained

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been abstaining
  • you have been abstaining
  • he has been abstaining
  • we have been abstaining
  • you have been abstaining
  • they have been abstaining

Past perfect

  • I had abstained
  • you had abstained
  • he had abstained
  • we had abstained
  • you had abstained
  • they had abstained

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been abstaining
  • you had been abstaining
  • he had been abstaining
  • we had been abstaining
  • you had been abstaining
  • they had been abstaining

Future

  • I will abstain
  • you will abstain
  • he will abstain
  • we will abstain
  • you will abstain
  • they will abstain

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be abstaining
  • you will be abstaining
  • he will be abstaining
  • we will be abstaining
  • you will be abstaining
  • they will be abstaining

Future perfect

  • I will have abstained
  • you will have abstained
  • he will have abstained
  • we will have abstained
  • you will have abstained
  • they will have abstained

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been abstaining
  • you will have been abstaining
  • he will have been abstaining
  • we will have been abstaining
  • you will have been abstaining
  • they will have been abstaining

Conditional

Simple

  • I would abstain
  • you would abstain
  • he would abstain
  • we would abstain
  • you would abstain
  • they would abstain

Progressive

  • I would be abstaining
  • you would be abstaining
  • he would be abstaining
  • we would be abstaining
  • you would be abstaining
  • they would be abstaining

Perfect

  • I would have abstained
  • you would have abstained
  • he would have abstained
  • we would have abstained
  • you would have abstained
  • they would have abstained

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been abstaining
  • you would have been abstaining
  • he would have been abstaining
  • we would have been abstaining
  • you would have been abstaining
  • they would have been abstaining

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to abstain

Imperative

Imperative

  • abstain
  • Let's abstain

Examples of conjugation of the verb To abstain

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne abstains from testing any fragrance formula that hasn't passed Delavigne Corporation's strict fire safety review.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is abstaining from all strong scents this week, on doctor's orders, which he finds deeply ironic.
Indicative Past (simple): Horatio Oléré abstained from voting at the Delavigne Corporation board meeting, unwilling to oppose his best friend's bold expansion plan.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was abstaining from red wine during the Pamplona festival, a personal record that lasted exactly two hours before the celebrations overwhelmed his resolve.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The CEO has abstained from every vote concerning environmental policy, insisting he would rather lead by action than by ballot.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been abstaining from social media for three months, and his San Francisco staff have noticed a dramatic improvement in his morning mood.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Xavier's fragrance shop reopened after the explosion, Bruno had already abstained from entering any laboratory without proper safety gear.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The grandson of Xavier had been abstaining from all chemical experiments for six months before he finally felt ready to return to the perfumer's bench.
Indicative Future: Delavigne will abstain from commenting on his competitors' products at next week's cosmetics industry summit in San Francisco.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: While Horatio gives the keynote speech, Bruno will be abstaining from the champagne reception in the lobby, as part of his new pre-surfing health regimen.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time the Pamplona trip begins, Bruno will have abstained from eating meat for a full month, an achievement his running companions find baffling.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By next spring, the bull-runner will have been abstaining from processed ingredients in his diet for an entire year, inspired by the environmental causes he champions.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would abstain from the shareholder vote if he believed it would set a stronger example for ethical leadership at Delavigne Corporation.
Conditional Progressive: If the fragrance fire prevention summit weren't so critical, the perfumer would be abstaining from all public engagements this week and surfing off the San Francisco coast instead.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have abstained from signing the controversial supply contract had Horatio not convinced him it aligned with their environmental commitments.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without the pressure of the Pamplona schedule, the Montmartre kid would have been abstaining from travel for months and focusing entirely on rebuilding the Delavigne Corporation's product line.
Imperative Imperative: «Abstain from any vote you don't fully understand,» Bruno told the new Delavigne Corporation board members, thinking of all the lessons Xavier never got to teach him.

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