Conjugation of the verb detest in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb detest in English.

Conjugation of the verb detest in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I detest
  • you detest
  • he|she|it detests
  • we detest
  • you detest
  • they detest

Present Continuous

  • I am detesting
  • you are detesting
  • he|she|it is detesting
  • we are detesting
  • you are detesting
  • they are detesting

Present Perfect

  • I have detested
  • you have detested
  • he|she|it has detested
  • we have detested
  • you have detested
  • they have detested

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been detesting
  • you have been detesting
  • he|she|it has been detesting
  • we have been detesting
  • you have been detesting
  • they have been detesting

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb detest in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I detested
  • you detested
  • he|she|it detested
  • we detested
  • you detested
  • they detested

Past continuous

  • I was detesting
  • you were detesting
  • he|she|it was detesting
  • we were detesting
  • you were detesting
  • they were detesting

Past perfect

  • I had detested
  • you had detested
  • he|she|it had detested
  • we had detested
  • you had detested
  • they had detested

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been detesting
  • you had been detesting
  • he|she|it had been detesting
  • we had been detesting
  • you had been detesting
  • they had been detesting

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb detest in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will detest
  • you will detest
  • he|she|it will detest
  • we will detest
  • you will detest
  • they will detest

Future continuous

  • I will be detesting
  • you will be detesting
  • he|she|it will be detesting
  • we will be detesting
  • you will be detesting
  • they will be detesting

Future perfect

  • I will have detested
  • you will have detested
  • he|she|it will have detested
  • we will have detested
  • you will have detested
  • they will have detested

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been detesting
  • you will have been detesting
  • he|she|it will have been detesting
  • we will have been detesting
  • you will have been detesting
  • they will have been detesting

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to detest

Present participle

  • detesting

Past participle

  • detested

Perfect Participle

  • having detested

The imperative in English, for the verb to detest

Imperative

  • detest
  • let's detest
  • detest

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