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Meaning anchor meaning
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Synonyms anchor synonyms
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Conjugation anchor conjugation
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anchor · verb
Present I anchor
Positive I anchor
Singular
1st person I anchor
2nd person you anchor
3rd person he/she/it anchors
Plural
1st person we anchor
2nd person you anchor
3rd person they anchor
Negative I don't anchor
Singular
1st person I don't anchor I do not anchor
2nd person you don't anchor you do not anchor
3rd person he/she/it doesn't anchor he/she/it does not anchor
Plural
1st person we don't anchor we do not anchor
2nd person you don't anchor you do not anchor
3rd person they don't anchor they do not anchor
Question do I anchor?
Singular
1st person do I anchor?
2nd person do you anchor?
3rd person does he/she/it anchor?
Plural
1st person do we anchor?
2nd person do you anchor?
3rd person do they anchor?
Negative question don't I anchor?
Singular
1st person don't I anchor? do I not anchor?
2nd person don't you anchor? do you not anchor?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it anchor? does he/she/it not anchor?
Plural
1st person don't we anchor? do we not anchor?
2nd person don't you anchor? do you not anchor?
3rd person don't they anchor? do they not anchor?
Past I anchored
Positive I anchored
Singular
1st person I anchored
2nd person you anchored
3rd person he/she/it anchored
Plural
1st person we anchored
2nd person you anchored
3rd person they anchored
Negative I didn't anchor
Singular
1st person I didn't anchor I did not anchor
2nd person you didn't anchor you did not anchor
3rd person he/she/it didn't anchor he/she/it did not anchor
Plural
1st person we didn't anchor we did not anchor
2nd person you didn't anchor you did not anchor
3rd person they didn't anchor they did not anchor
Question did I anchor?
Singular
1st person did I anchor?
2nd person did you anchor?
3rd person did he/she/it anchor?
Plural
1st person did we anchor?
2nd person did you anchor?
3rd person did they anchor?
Negative question didn't I anchor?
Singular
1st person didn't I anchor? did I not anchor?
2nd person didn't you anchor? did you not anchor?
3rd person didn't he/she/it anchor? did he/she/it not anchor?
Plural
1st person didn't we anchor? did we not anchor?
2nd person didn't you anchor? did you not anchor?
3rd person didn't they anchor? did they not anchor?
Future I'll anchor
Positive I'll anchor
Singular
1st person I'll anchor I will anchor
2nd person you'll anchor you will anchor
3rd person he/she/it'll anchor he/she/it will anchor
Plural
1st person we'll anchor we will anchor
2nd person you'll anchor you will anchor
3rd person they'll anchor they will anchor
Negative I won't anchor
Singular
1st person I won't anchor I will not anchor
2nd person you won't anchor you will not anchor
3rd person he/she/it won't anchor he/she/it will not anchor
Plural
1st person we won't anchor we will not anchor
2nd person you won't anchor you will not anchor
3rd person they won't anchor they will not anchor
Question will I anchor?
Singular
1st person will I anchor?
2nd person will you anchor?
3rd person will he/she/it anchor?
Plural
1st person will we anchor?
2nd person will you anchor?
3rd person will they anchor?
Negative question won't I anchor?
Singular
1st person won't I anchor? will I not anchor?
2nd person won't you anchor? will you not anchor?
3rd person won't he/she/it anchor? will he/she/it not anchor?
Plural
1st person won't we anchor? will we not anchor?
2nd person won't you anchor? will you not anchor?
3rd person won't they anchor? will they not anchor?
Conditional I'd anchor
Positive I'd anchor
Singular
1st person I'd anchor I would anchor
2nd person you'd anchor you would anchor
3rd person he/she/it'd anchor he/she/it would anchor
Plural
1st person we'd anchor we would anchor
2nd person you'd anchor you would anchor
3rd person they'd anchor they would anchor
Negative I wouldn't anchor
Singular
1st person I wouldn't anchor I would not anchor
2nd person you wouldn't anchor you would not anchor
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't anchor he/she/it would not anchor
Plural
1st person we wouldn't anchor we would not anchor
2nd person you wouldn't anchor you would not anchor
3rd person they wouldn't anchor they would not anchor
Question would I anchor?
Singular
1st person would I anchor?
2nd person would you anchor?
3rd person would he/she/it anchor?
Plural
1st person would we anchor?
2nd person would you anchor?
3rd person would they anchor?
Negative question wouldn't I anchor?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I anchor? would I not anchor?
2nd person wouldn't you anchor? would you not anchor?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it anchor? would he/she/it not anchor?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we anchor? would we not anchor?
2nd person wouldn't you anchor? would you not anchor?
3rd person wouldn't they anchor? would they not anchor?
Present continuous I'm anchoring
Positive I'm anchoring
Singular
1st person I'm anchoring I am anchoring
2nd person you're anchoring you are anchoring
3rd person he/she/it's anchoring he/she/it is anchoring
Plural
1st person we're anchoring we are anchoring
2nd person you're anchoring you are anchoring
3rd person they're anchoring they are anchoring
Negative I'm not anchoring
Singular
1st person I'm not anchoring I am not anchoring
2nd person you aren't anchoring you're not anchoring you are not anchoring
3rd person he/she/it isn't anchoring he/she/it's not anchoring he/she/it is not anchoring
Plural
1st person we aren't anchoring we're not anchoring we are not anchoring
2nd person you aren't anchoring you're not anchoring you are not anchoring
3rd person they aren't anchoring they're not anchoring they are not anchoring
Question am I anchoring?
Singular
1st person am I anchoring?
2nd person are you anchoring?
3rd person is he/she/it anchoring?
Plural
1st person are we anchoring?
2nd person are you anchoring?
3rd person are they anchoring?
Negative question aren't I anchoring?
Singular
1st person aren't I anchoring? am I not anchoring?
2nd person aren't you anchoring? are you not anchoring?
3rd person isn't he/she/it anchoring? is he/she/it not anchoring?
Plural
1st person aren't we anchoring? are we not anchoring?
2nd person aren't you anchoring? are you not anchoring?
3rd person aren't they anchoring? are they not anchoring?
Past continuous I was anchoring
Positive I was anchoring
Singular
1st person I was anchoring
2nd person you were anchoring
3rd person he/she/it was anchoring
Plural
1st person we were anchoring
2nd person you were anchoring
3rd person they were anchoring
Negative I wasn't anchoring
Singular
1st person I wasn't anchoring I was not anchoring
2nd person you weren't anchoring you were not anchoring
3rd person he/she/it wasn't anchoring he/she/it was not anchoring
Plural
1st person we weren't anchoring we were not anchoring
2nd person you weren't anchoring you were not anchoring
3rd person they weren't anchoring they were not anchoring
Question was I anchoring?
Singular
1st person was I anchoring?
2nd person were you anchoring?
3rd person was he/she/it anchoring?
Plural
1st person were we anchoring?
2nd person were you anchoring?
3rd person were they anchoring?
Negative question wasn't I anchoring?
Singular
1st person wasn't I anchoring? was I not anchoring?
2nd person weren't you anchoring? were you not anchoring?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it anchoring? was he/she/it not anchoring?
Plural
1st person weren't we anchoring? were we not anchoring?
2nd person weren't you anchoring? were you not anchoring?
3rd person weren't they anchoring? were they not anchoring?
Future continuous I'll be anchoring
Positive I'll be anchoring
Singular
1st person I'll be anchoring I will be anchoring
2nd person you'll be anchoring you will be anchoring
3rd person he/she/it'll be anchoring he/she/it will be anchoring
Plural
1st person we'll be anchoring we will be anchoring
2nd person you'll be anchoring you will be anchoring
3rd person they'll be anchoring they will be anchoring
Negative I won't be anchoring
Singular
1st person I won't be anchoring I will not be anchoring
2nd person you won't be anchoring you will not be anchoring
3rd person he/she/it won't be anchoring he/she/it will not be anchoring
Plural
1st person we won't be anchoring we will not be anchoring
2nd person you won't be anchoring you will not be anchoring
3rd person they won't be anchoring they will not be anchoring
Question will I be anchoring?
Singular
1st person will I be anchoring?
2nd person will you be anchoring?
3rd person will he/she/it be anchoring?
Plural
1st person will we be anchoring?
2nd person will you be anchoring?
3rd person will they be anchoring?
Negative question won't I be anchoring?
Singular
1st person won't I be anchoring? will I not be anchoring?
2nd person won't you be anchoring? will you not be anchoring?
3rd person won't he/she/it be anchoring? will he/she/it not be anchoring?
Plural
1st person won't we be anchoring? will we not be anchoring?
2nd person won't you be anchoring? will you not be anchoring?
3rd person won't they be anchoring? will they not be anchoring?
Conditional continuous I'd be anchoring
Positive I'd be anchoring
Singular
1st person I'd be anchoring I would be anchoring
2nd person you'd be anchoring you would be anchoring
3rd person he/she/it'd be anchoring he/she/it would be anchoring
Plural
1st person we'd be anchoring we would be anchoring
2nd person you'd be anchoring you would be anchoring
3rd person they'd be anchoring they would be anchoring
Negative I wouldn't be anchoring
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be anchoring I would not be anchoring
2nd person you wouldn't be anchoring you would not be anchoring
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be anchoring he/she/it would not be anchoring
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be anchoring we would not be anchoring
2nd person you wouldn't be anchoring you would not be anchoring
3rd person they wouldn't be anchoring they would not be anchoring
Question would I be anchoring?
Singular
1st person would I be anchoring?
2nd person would you be anchoring?
3rd person would he/she/it be anchoring?
Plural
1st person would we be anchoring?
2nd person would you be anchoring?
3rd person would they be anchoring?
Negative question wouldn't I be anchoring?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be anchoring? would I not be anchoring?
2nd person wouldn't you be anchoring? would you not be anchoring?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be anchoring? would he/she/it not be anchoring?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be anchoring? would we not be anchoring?
2nd person wouldn't you be anchoring? would you not be anchoring?
3rd person wouldn't they be anchoring? would they not be anchoring?
Present perfect I've anchored
Positive I've anchored
Singular
1st person I've anchored I have anchored
2nd person you've anchored you have anchored
3rd person he/she/it's anchored he/she/it has anchored
Plural
1st person we've anchored we have anchored
2nd person you've anchored you have anchored
3rd person they've anchored they have anchored
Negative I haven't anchored
Singular
1st person I haven't anchored I have not anchored
2nd person you haven't anchored you have not anchored
3rd person he/she/it hasn't anchored he/she/it has not anchored
Plural
1st person we haven't anchored we have not anchored
2nd person you haven't anchored you have not anchored
3rd person they haven't anchored they have not anchored
Question have I anchored?
Singular
1st person have I anchored?
2nd person have you anchored?
3rd person has he/she/it anchored?
Plural
1st person have we anchored?
2nd person have you anchored?
3rd person have they anchored?
Negative question haven't I anchored?
Singular
1st person haven't I anchored? have I not anchored?
2nd person haven't you anchored? have you not anchored?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it anchored? has he/she/it not anchored?
Plural
1st person haven't we anchored? have we not anchored?
2nd person haven't you anchored? have you not anchored?
3rd person haven't they anchored? have they not anchored?
Past perfect I had anchored
Positive I had anchored
Singular
1st person I had anchored
2nd person you had anchored
3rd person he/she/it had anchored
Plural
1st person we had anchored
2nd person you had anchored
3rd person they had anchored
Negative I hadn't anchored
Singular
1st person I hadn't anchored I had not anchored
2nd person you hadn't anchored you had not anchored
3rd person he/she/it hadn't anchored he/she/it had not anchored
Plural
1st person we hadn't anchored we had not anchored
2nd person you hadn't anchored you had not anchored
3rd person they hadn't anchored they had not anchored
Question had I anchored?
Singular
1st person had I anchored?
2nd person had you anchored?
3rd person had he/she/it anchored?
Plural
1st person had we anchored?
2nd person had you anchored?
3rd person had they anchored?
Negative question hadn't I anchored?
Singular
1st person hadn't I anchored? had I not anchored?
2nd person hadn't you anchored? had you not anchored?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it anchored? had he/she/it not anchored?
Plural
1st person hadn't we anchored? had we not anchored?
2nd person hadn't you anchored? had you not anchored?
3rd person hadn't they anchored? had they not anchored?
Future perfect I'll have anchored
Positive I'll have anchored
Singular
1st person I'll have anchored I will have anchored
2nd person you'll have anchored you will have anchored
3rd person he/she/it'll have anchored he/she/it will have anchored
Plural
1st person we'll have anchored we will have anchored
2nd person you'll have anchored you will have anchored
3rd person they'll have anchored they will have anchored
Negative I won't have anchored
Singular
1st person I won't have anchored I will not have anchored
2nd person you won't have anchored you will not have anchored
3rd person he/she/it won't have anchored he/she/it will not have anchored
Plural
1st person we won't have anchored we will not have anchored
2nd person you won't have anchored you will not have anchored
3rd person they won't have anchored they will not have anchored
Question +'ll I have anchored?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have anchored? will I have anchored?
2nd person +'ll you have anchored? will you have anchored?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have anchored? will he/she/it have anchored?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have anchored? will we have anchored?
2nd person +'ll you have anchored? will you have anchored?
3rd person +'ll they have anchored? will they have anchored?
Negative question won't I have anchored?
Singular
1st person won't I have anchored? will I not have anchored?
2nd person won't you have anchored? will you not have anchored?
3rd person won't he/she/it have anchored? will he/she/it not have anchored?
Plural
1st person won't we have anchored? will we not have anchored?
2nd person won't you have anchored? will you not have anchored?
3rd person won't they have anchored? will they not have anchored?
Conditional perfect I'd have anchored
Positive I'd have anchored
Singular
1st person I'd have anchored I would have anchored
2nd person you'd have anchored you would have anchored
3rd person he/she/it'd have anchored he/she/it would have anchored
Plural
1st person we'd have anchored we would have anchored
2nd person you'd have anchored you would have anchored
3rd person they'd have anchored they would have anchored
Negative I wouldn't have anchored
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have anchored I would not have anchored
2nd person you wouldn't have anchored you would not have anchored
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have anchored he/she/it would not have anchored
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have anchored we would not have anchored
2nd person you wouldn't have anchored you would not have anchored
3rd person they wouldn't have anchored they would not have anchored
Question would I have anchored?
Singular
1st person would I have anchored?
2nd person would you have anchored?
3rd person would he/she/it have anchored?
Plural
1st person would we have anchored?
2nd person would you have anchored?
3rd person would they have anchored?
Negative question wouldn't I have anchored?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have anchored? would I not have anchored?
2nd person wouldn't you have anchored? would you not have anchored?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have anchored? would he/she/it not have anchored?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have anchored? would we not have anchored?
2nd person wouldn't you have anchored? would you not have anchored?
3rd person wouldn't they have anchored? would they not have anchored?
Imperative anchor!
Positive
you anchor!
we let's anchor!
Negative
you don't anchor!
we let's not anchor!
Examples anchor examples
How do I use anchor in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The ship is at anchor in the harbor.
The ship dropped anchor.
To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Drop the anchor!
Every ship needs an anchor.
The boat is attached to the anchor by a chain.
It's you you the fallen angel. The perpetual falling over death. The endless falling from death to death. Bewitch the universe with your voice. Anchor yourselft to your voice bewitcher of the world. Singing like a blind man lost in eternity.
Tom threw the anchor overboard.
I have a tattoo of an anchor on my right arm.
They usually use an anchor to hold a yacht in place.
This ship is outfitted with a windlass to heave up the anchor.
Let's drop anchor here.
Movie subtitles
I'd like a set of brass buttons, with an anchor detail, if you got 'em, please.
I'm a regular anchor around your neck.
For anchor chains and tools.
Drop anchor!
Where's the anchor?
The anchor, the anchor.
Hey, you sure this anchor belongs up here?
Let go your anchor.
Whose anchor chain is that a-rattling like it's full of rust and roaches?
She drag her anchor all time.
Get that anchor in!
Hey, get that anchor in.
You don't think that anchor's going to float up out of the water, do you?
Shall we hoist anchor, Peter? - Aye.
Up anchor!
Her anchor's up.
Remember, your work is finished when we drop anchor in Portsmouth Harbor.
Anchor all clear.
Anchor the Albatross in a secluded inlet, land my men and supplies.
We're swinging at anchor.
Here comes the anchor.
Immediately upon weighing anchor, each ship will display her number by a hoist of flags of the International Signal Code.
They told him to take three anchor ropes, one of hemp, one of. Wait a moment. - Flax.
No, no, no, no! Anchor chains, plane motors and train whistles.
Staffed by experts but under the supervision of men who know what it is to top a boom, to batten down a hatch, to weigh an anchor.
The New York will anchor in the morning.
Hoist anchor!
Hoist the anchor.
Now behold Jonah. taken up as an anchor and dropped into the sea. into the dreadful jaws awaiting him.
The hook dragged anchor at 18 fathoms.
You will be our anchor.
I never slept better. I had the most wonderful dream. I was still on the yacht and the anchor broke loose.
When do we up anchor, Captain?
I've become the anchor of her existence.
News and current affairs
But the heady glow of America's return to center stage in Asia has obscured key challenges in remaining the region's principal security anchor in the face of China's strategic ambitions.
France needs to become a second anchor of growth and stability.
Saudi Arabia, with its burgeoning oil revenues, could use a big deal to reinforce the country's image as a major anchor of global financial stability.
Such a constraint also provides a welcome anchor for domestic decision-making in member states with weaker political systems.
Even more important, inflation expectations have started to de-anchor: forecasters and investors expect the undershooting of the target to persist over the medium term.
Second, Turkey shows that an external anchor, such as membership in the European Union or pressure from the International Monetary Fund, can be decisive in triggering change and, therefore, in enhancing prosperity.
Central banks are increasingly using such guidance to communicate monetary policy and anchor market expectations.
Credible measures that deliver and anchor savings in the medium term will help create space to accommodate growth today - by allowing a slower pace of consolidation.
After all, Germany's traditional low-key foreign policy made the country an anchor of NATO and helped secure reunification.
Similarly, China's sovereign wealth funds have served as important anchor investors in the vehicles designed by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation and the EBRD to bring long-term institutional capital into their projects.
Exchange rate stability is the key anchor when a country's reform process is underway.
When the International Monetary Fund comes around asking what their nominal anchor is, many declare themselves to be inflation targeters.
Though the system was highly vulnerable to bank runs and there was little scope for a monetary stabilization policy, people's confidence in the system enabled it to anchor expectations.
They were the anchor of society, acting in effect as priests, teachers, and judges.
Challenges to the established order, with the military-monarchy-bureaucracy triumvirate as its anchor, were repeatedly put down.
Indeed, two recent developments may help anchor Kazakhstan as a Western ally.
Indeed, to get into the Great Power maritime game, China needs Gwadar to redress its main weakness - the absence of a naval anchor in the Indian Ocean region, where it plans to have an important military presence.
Yet Germany is also part of a highly challenged neighborhood, if not its anchor.
Current indications, albeit incomplete, suggest that the three will continue to anchor the global economy in 2013.
The bad news is that their anchor may remain both tentative and insufficient to restore the level of growth and financial stability to which billions of people aspire.
The main anchor of central banks' monetary policy over the past 20 years was an inflation-targeting framework that developed from academic interpretation of the problems involved in targeting monetary aggregates.
The third and fourth scenarios can unfold even if the US remains the principal security anchor for Asia.
And it is not just the Kurds' unity and bravery that have raised their prestige; they have increasingly become an anchor of stability and a reliable pro-Western partner in a region that is short on both.
As they successfully eliminate malaria, they will provide a new malaria-free anchor that will enable their neighbors, which have been pursuing aggressive control measures in the interim, to embark on their own eradication campaigns.
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