To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
Infinitivedefend
Past simpledefended
Past participledefended
-ing formdefending
Full conjugation of the English verb to defend (past simple defended,
past participle defended):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
defend
you
defend
he/she/it
defends
we
defend
you
defend
they
defend
Present continuous
I
am defending
you
are defending
he/she/it
is defending
we
are defending
you
are defending
they
are defending
Present perfect
I
have defended
you
have defended
he/she/it
has defended
we
have defended
you
have defended
they
have defended
Present perfect continuous
I
have been defending
you
have been defending
he/she/it
has been defending
we
have been defending
you
have been defending
they
have been defending
Past simple
I
defended
you
defended
he/she/it
defended
we
defended
you
defended
they
defended
Past continuous
I
was defending
you
were defending
he/she/it
was defending
we
were defending
you
were defending
they
were defending
Past perfect
I
had defended
you
had defended
he/she/it
had defended
we
had defended
you
had defended
they
had defended
Past perfect continuous
I
had been defending
you
had been defending
he/she/it
had been defending
we
had been defending
you
had been defending
they
had been defending
Future simple
I
will defend
you
will defend
he/she/it
will defend
we
will defend
you
will defend
they
will defend
Future continuous
I
will be defending
you
will be defending
he/she/it
will be defending
we
will be defending
you
will be defending
they
will be defending
Future perfect
I
will have defended
you
will have defended
he/she/it
will have defended
we
will have defended
you
will have defended
they
will have defended
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been defending
you
will have been defending
he/she/it
will have been defending
we
will have been defending
you
will have been defending
they
will have been defending
Conditional
Present
I
would defend
you
would defend
he/she/it
would defend
we
would defend
you
would defend
they
would defend
Present continuous
I
would be defending
you
would be defending
he/she/it
would be defending
we
would be defending
you
would be defending
they
would be defending
Perfect
I
would have defended
you
would have defended
he/she/it
would have defended
we
would have defended
you
would have defended
they
would have defended
Perfect continuous
I
would have been defending
you
would have been defending
he/she/it
would have been defending
we
would have been defending
you
would have been defending
they
would have been defending
Subjunctive
Present
that I
defend
that you
defend
that he/she/it
defend
that we
defend
that you
defend
that they
defend
Past
if I
defended
if you
defended
if he/she/it
defended
if we
defended
if you
defended
if they
defended
Imperative
Affirmative
you
defend
we
let's defend
Negative
you
don't defend
we
let's not defend
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to defend
Perfect infinitive
to have defended
Present participle / gerund
defending
Past participle
defended
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