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verb | noun pontificatepontificate1 /pɑnˈtɪfəˌkeɪt/ verb [intransitive] disapproving VERB TABLEpontificate |
Present | I, you, we, they | pontificate | | he, she, it | pontificates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pontificated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pontificated | | he, she, it | has pontificated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pontificated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pontificate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pontificated |
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Present | I | am pontificating | | he, she, it | is pontificating | | you, we, they | are pontificating | Past | I, he, she, it | was pontificating | | you, we, they | were pontificating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pontificating | | he, she, it | has been pontificating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pontificating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pontificating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pontificating |
to give your opinion about something in a way that shows you think you are always right: pontificate about/on Politicians will happily pontificate on any issue. verb | noun pontificatepontificate2 /pɑnˈtɪfɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt/ noun [countable] technical the position or period of being Pope |