MEANING
1. To state public or official support for a person, proposal, or position.
2. To sign a financial document so that it can be transferred or cashed.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- endorse a proposal
- endorse a candidate
On the page
The association endorsed the proposal after consultation.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- endorse
- Past tense
- endorsed
- Past participle
- endorsed
- Present participle
- endorsing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- endorse
- Present continuous
- am/is/are endorsing
- Present perfect
- have/has endorsed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been endorsing
- Past
- endorsed
- Past continuous
- was/were endorsing
- Past perfect
- had endorsed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been endorsing
- Future
- will endorse
- Future continuous
- will be endorsing
- Future perfect
- will have endorsed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been endorsing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: endorse; endorses; endorsed; endorsed; endorsing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: endorses.
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