Conjugation
defend
Language
English
IndicativePresent
- I defend
- you defend
- you defend
- he/she/it defends
- we defend
- they defend
IndicativePreterite
- I defended
- you defended
- you defended
- he/she/it defended
- we defended
- they defended
IndicativePresent continuous
- I am defending
- you are defending
- you are defending
- he/she/it is defending
- we are defending
- they are defending
IndicativePresent perfect
- I have defended
- you have defended
- you have defended
- he/she/it has defended
- we have defended
- they have defended
IndicativeFuture
- I will defend
- you will defend
- you will defend
- he/she/it will defend
- we will defend
- they will defend
IndicativeFuture perfect
- I will have defended
- you will have defended
- you will have defended
- he/she/it will have defended
- we will have defended
- they will have defended
IndicativePast continous
- I was defending
- you were defending
- you were defending
- he/she/it was defending
- we were defending
- they were defending
IndicativePast perfect
- I had defended
- you had defended
- you had defended
- he/she/it had defended
- we had defended
- they had defended
IndicativeFuture continuous
- I will be defending
- you will be defending
- you will be defending
- he/she/it will be defending
- we will be defending
- they will be defending
IndicativePresent perfect continuous
- I have been defending
- you have been defending
- you have been defending
- he/she/it has been defending
- we have been defending
- they have been defending
IndicativePast perfect continuous
- I had been defending
- you had been defending
- you had been defending
- he/she/it had been defending
- we had been defending
- they had been defending
IndicativeFuture perfect continuous
- I will have been defending
- you will have been defending
- you will have been defending
- he/she/it will have been defending
- we will have been defending
- they will have been defending
ParticiplePresent
- defending
ParticiplePast
- defended
Perfect participle
- having defended
Examples
An administrative tribunal has a right of appeal only to defend its jurisdiction.
The purpose of the programme is to prepare researchers to develop and defend their theses.