MEANING
To praise someone or something with strong admiration.
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Words that belong together
- extol a virtue
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She extolled his patience.
The chronicler extolled the city’s courage.
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Word forms
- Base
- extol
- Past tense
- extolled
- Past participle
- extolled
- Present participle
- extolling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- extol
- Present continuous
- am/is/are extolling
- Present perfect
- have/has extolled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been extolling
- Past
- extolled
- Past continuous
- was/were extolling
- Past perfect
- had extolled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been extolling
- Future
- will extol
- Future continuous
- will be extolling
- Future perfect
- will have extolled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been extolling
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: extol; extols; extolled; extolled; extolling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: extols.
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