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devancer
devancer
French
Verb
devancer
- to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass
- to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else)
- to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list)
- to anticipate, to pre-empt
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.
Conjugation of devancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | devancer | avoir devancé | |||||
| gerund | en devançant | en ayant devancé | |||||
| present participle | devançant /də.vɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | devancé /də.vɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devances /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devançons /də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
devancez /də.vɑ̃.se/ |
devancent /də.vɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | devançais /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
devançais /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
devançait /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
devancions /də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
devanciez /də.vɑ̃.sje/ |
devançaient /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | devançai /də.vɑ̃.se/ |
devanças /də.vɑ̃.sa/ |
devança /də.vɑ̃.sa/ |
devançâmes /də.vɑ̃.sam/ |
devançâtes /də.vɑ̃.sat/ |
devancèrent /də.vɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | devancerai /də.vɑ̃.sʁe/ |
devanceras /də.vɑ̃.sʁa/ |
devancera /də.vɑ̃.sʁa/ |
devancerons /də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
devancerez /də.vɑ̃.sʁe/ |
devanceront /də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | devancerais /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
devancerais /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
devancerait /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
devancerions /də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
devanceriez /də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
devanceraient /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devances /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devancions /də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
devanciez /də.vɑ̃.sje/ |
devancent /də.vɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
devançasse /də.vɑ̃.sas/ |
devançasses /də.vɑ̃.sas/ |
devançât /də.vɑ̃.sa/ |
devançassions /də.vɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
devançassiez /də.vɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
devançassent /də.vɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
— | devançons /də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
devancez /də.vɑ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- devancement
- devancier