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verb | noun cantercanter1 /ˈkæntɚ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYcanter1Origin: 1700-1800 canterbury to canter (1600-1700), from Canterbury city in southeast England; from the speed at which people rode when going to Canterbury on pilgrimage VERB TABLEcanter |
Present | I, you, we, they | canter | | he, she, it | canters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cantered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cantered | | he, she, it | has cantered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cantered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will canter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cantered |
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Present | I | am cantering | | he, she, it | is cantering | | you, we, they | are cantering | Past | I, he, she, it | was cantering | | you, we, they | were cantering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cantering | | he, she, it | has been cantering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cantering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cantering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cantering |
to ride or make a horse run fairly fast, but not as fast as possible [Origin: 1700–1800 canterbury to canter (1600–1700), from Canterbury city in southeast England; from the speed at which people rode when going to Canterbury on pilgrimage] verb | noun cantercanter2 noun 1[singular] the movement of a horse when it is running fairly fast, but not as fast as possible2[countable] a ride on a horse at this speed |