To make bright or brighter in color.
Infinitivebrighten
Past simplebrightened
Past participlebrightened
-ing formbrightening
Full conjugation of the English verb to brighten (past simple brightened,
past participle brightened):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
brighten
you
brighten
he/she/it
brightens
we
brighten
you
brighten
they
brighten
Present continuous
I
am brightening
you
are brightening
he/she/it
is brightening
we
are brightening
you
are brightening
they
are brightening
Present perfect
I
have brightened
you
have brightened
he/she/it
has brightened
we
have brightened
you
have brightened
they
have brightened
Present perfect continuous
I
have been brightening
you
have been brightening
he/she/it
has been brightening
we
have been brightening
you
have been brightening
they
have been brightening
Past simple
I
brightened
you
brightened
he/she/it
brightened
we
brightened
you
brightened
they
brightened
Past continuous
I
was brightening
you
were brightening
he/she/it
was brightening
we
were brightening
you
were brightening
they
were brightening
Past perfect
I
had brightened
you
had brightened
he/she/it
had brightened
we
had brightened
you
had brightened
they
had brightened
Past perfect continuous
I
had been brightening
you
had been brightening
he/she/it
had been brightening
we
had been brightening
you
had been brightening
they
had been brightening
Future simple
I
will brighten
you
will brighten
he/she/it
will brighten
we
will brighten
you
will brighten
they
will brighten
Future continuous
I
will be brightening
you
will be brightening
he/she/it
will be brightening
we
will be brightening
you
will be brightening
they
will be brightening
Future perfect
I
will have brightened
you
will have brightened
he/she/it
will have brightened
we
will have brightened
you
will have brightened
they
will have brightened
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been brightening
you
will have been brightening
he/she/it
will have been brightening
we
will have been brightening
you
will have been brightening
they
will have been brightening
Conditional
Present
I
would brighten
you
would brighten
he/she/it
would brighten
we
would brighten
you
would brighten
they
would brighten
Present continuous
I
would be brightening
you
would be brightening
he/she/it
would be brightening
we
would be brightening
you
would be brightening
they
would be brightening
Perfect
I
would have brightened
you
would have brightened
he/she/it
would have brightened
we
would have brightened
you
would have brightened
they
would have brightened
Perfect continuous
I
would have been brightening
you
would have been brightening
he/she/it
would have been brightening
we
would have been brightening
you
would have been brightening
they
would have been brightening
Subjunctive
Present
that I
brighten
that you
brighten
that he/she/it
brighten
that we
brighten
that you
brighten
that they
brighten
Past
if I
brightened
if you
brightened
if he/she/it
brightened
if we
brightened
if you
brightened
if they
brightened
Imperative
Affirmative
you
brighten
we
let's brighten
Negative
you
don't brighten
we
let's not brighten
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to brighten
Perfect infinitive
to have brightened
Present participle / gerund
brightening
Past participle
brightened
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