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ventvent2 verb ETYMOLOGYvent2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French esventer to put in the air, from vent wind, from Latin ventus VERB TABLEvent |
| Present | I, you, we, they | vent | | he, she, it | vents | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vented | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vented | | he, she, it | has vented | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vented | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vent | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vented |
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| Present | I | am venting | | he, she, it | is venting | | you, we, they | are venting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was venting | | you, we, they | were venting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been venting | | he, she, it | has been venting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been venting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be venting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been venting |
► vent ... spleen He called up a friend in Chicago to vent his spleen (=express his anger). 1[intransitive, transitive] informal to do or say something to express your feelings, especially anger, often in a way that is unfair: Thanks for letting me vent a little. He called up a friend in Chicago to vent his spleen (=express his anger).2[transitive] to allow gases, smoke, liquid, etc. to escape from an enclosed space or a container, or to make the container able to do this—venting noun [uncountable] |