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Synonyms sanction synonyms
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Topics sanction topics
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Conjugation sanction conjugation
How do you conjugate sanction?
sanction · verb
Present I sanction
Positive I sanction
Singular
1st person I sanction
2nd person you sanction
3rd person he/she/it sanctions
Plural
1st person we sanction
2nd person you sanction
3rd person they sanction
Negative I don't sanction
Singular
1st person I don't sanction I do not sanction
2nd person you don't sanction you do not sanction
3rd person he/she/it doesn't sanction he/she/it does not sanction
Plural
1st person we don't sanction we do not sanction
2nd person you don't sanction you do not sanction
3rd person they don't sanction they do not sanction
Question do I sanction?
Singular
1st person do I sanction?
2nd person do you sanction?
3rd person does he/she/it sanction?
Plural
1st person do we sanction?
2nd person do you sanction?
3rd person do they sanction?
Negative question don't I sanction?
Singular
1st person don't I sanction? do I not sanction?
2nd person don't you sanction? do you not sanction?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it sanction? does he/she/it not sanction?
Plural
1st person don't we sanction? do we not sanction?
2nd person don't you sanction? do you not sanction?
3rd person don't they sanction? do they not sanction?
Past I sanctioned
Positive I sanctioned
Singular
1st person I sanctioned
2nd person you sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it sanctioned
Plural
1st person we sanctioned
2nd person you sanctioned
3rd person they sanctioned
Negative I didn't sanction
Singular
1st person I didn't sanction I did not sanction
2nd person you didn't sanction you did not sanction
3rd person he/she/it didn't sanction he/she/it did not sanction
Plural
1st person we didn't sanction we did not sanction
2nd person you didn't sanction you did not sanction
3rd person they didn't sanction they did not sanction
Question did I sanction?
Singular
1st person did I sanction?
2nd person did you sanction?
3rd person did he/she/it sanction?
Plural
1st person did we sanction?
2nd person did you sanction?
3rd person did they sanction?
Negative question didn't I sanction?
Singular
1st person didn't I sanction? did I not sanction?
2nd person didn't you sanction? did you not sanction?
3rd person didn't he/she/it sanction? did he/she/it not sanction?
Plural
1st person didn't we sanction? did we not sanction?
2nd person didn't you sanction? did you not sanction?
3rd person didn't they sanction? did they not sanction?
Future I'll sanction
Positive I'll sanction
Singular
1st person I'll sanction I will sanction
2nd person you'll sanction you will sanction
3rd person he/she/it'll sanction he/she/it will sanction
Plural
1st person we'll sanction we will sanction
2nd person you'll sanction you will sanction
3rd person they'll sanction they will sanction
Negative I won't sanction
Singular
1st person I won't sanction I will not sanction
2nd person you won't sanction you will not sanction
3rd person he/she/it won't sanction he/she/it will not sanction
Plural
1st person we won't sanction we will not sanction
2nd person you won't sanction you will not sanction
3rd person they won't sanction they will not sanction
Question will I sanction?
Singular
1st person will I sanction?
2nd person will you sanction?
3rd person will he/she/it sanction?
Plural
1st person will we sanction?
2nd person will you sanction?
3rd person will they sanction?
Negative question won't I sanction?
Singular
1st person won't I sanction? will I not sanction?
2nd person won't you sanction? will you not sanction?
3rd person won't he/she/it sanction? will he/she/it not sanction?
Plural
1st person won't we sanction? will we not sanction?
2nd person won't you sanction? will you not sanction?
3rd person won't they sanction? will they not sanction?
Conditional I'd sanction
Positive I'd sanction
Singular
1st person I'd sanction I would sanction
2nd person you'd sanction you would sanction
3rd person he/she/it'd sanction he/she/it would sanction
Plural
1st person we'd sanction we would sanction
2nd person you'd sanction you would sanction
3rd person they'd sanction they would sanction
Negative I wouldn't sanction
Singular
1st person I wouldn't sanction I would not sanction
2nd person you wouldn't sanction you would not sanction
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't sanction he/she/it would not sanction
Plural
1st person we wouldn't sanction we would not sanction
2nd person you wouldn't sanction you would not sanction
3rd person they wouldn't sanction they would not sanction
Question would I sanction?
Singular
1st person would I sanction?
2nd person would you sanction?
3rd person would he/she/it sanction?
Plural
1st person would we sanction?
2nd person would you sanction?
3rd person would they sanction?
Negative question wouldn't I sanction?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I sanction? would I not sanction?
2nd person wouldn't you sanction? would you not sanction?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it sanction? would he/she/it not sanction?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we sanction? would we not sanction?
2nd person wouldn't you sanction? would you not sanction?
3rd person wouldn't they sanction? would they not sanction?
Present continuous I'm sanctioning
Positive I'm sanctioning
Singular
1st person I'm sanctioning I am sanctioning
2nd person you're sanctioning you are sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it's sanctioning he/she/it is sanctioning
Plural
1st person we're sanctioning we are sanctioning
2nd person you're sanctioning you are sanctioning
3rd person they're sanctioning they are sanctioning
Negative I'm not sanctioning
Singular
1st person I'm not sanctioning I am not sanctioning
2nd person you aren't sanctioning you're not sanctioning you are not sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it isn't sanctioning he/she/it's not sanctioning he/she/it is not sanctioning
Plural
1st person we aren't sanctioning we're not sanctioning we are not sanctioning
2nd person you aren't sanctioning you're not sanctioning you are not sanctioning
3rd person they aren't sanctioning they're not sanctioning they are not sanctioning
Question am I sanctioning?
Singular
1st person am I sanctioning?
2nd person are you sanctioning?
3rd person is he/she/it sanctioning?
Plural
1st person are we sanctioning?
2nd person are you sanctioning?
3rd person are they sanctioning?
Negative question aren't I sanctioning?
Singular
1st person aren't I sanctioning? am I not sanctioning?
2nd person aren't you sanctioning? are you not sanctioning?
3rd person isn't he/she/it sanctioning? is he/she/it not sanctioning?
Plural
1st person aren't we sanctioning? are we not sanctioning?
2nd person aren't you sanctioning? are you not sanctioning?
3rd person aren't they sanctioning? are they not sanctioning?
Past continuous I was sanctioning
Positive I was sanctioning
Singular
1st person I was sanctioning
2nd person you were sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it was sanctioning
Plural
1st person we were sanctioning
2nd person you were sanctioning
3rd person they were sanctioning
Negative I wasn't sanctioning
Singular
1st person I wasn't sanctioning I was not sanctioning
2nd person you weren't sanctioning you were not sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it wasn't sanctioning he/she/it was not sanctioning
Plural
1st person we weren't sanctioning we were not sanctioning
2nd person you weren't sanctioning you were not sanctioning
3rd person they weren't sanctioning they were not sanctioning
Question was I sanctioning?
Singular
1st person was I sanctioning?
2nd person were you sanctioning?
3rd person was he/she/it sanctioning?
Plural
1st person were we sanctioning?
2nd person were you sanctioning?
3rd person were they sanctioning?
Negative question wasn't I sanctioning?
Singular
1st person wasn't I sanctioning? was I not sanctioning?
2nd person weren't you sanctioning? were you not sanctioning?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it sanctioning? was he/she/it not sanctioning?
Plural
1st person weren't we sanctioning? were we not sanctioning?
2nd person weren't you sanctioning? were you not sanctioning?
3rd person weren't they sanctioning? were they not sanctioning?
Future continuous I'll be sanctioning
Positive I'll be sanctioning
Singular
1st person I'll be sanctioning I will be sanctioning
2nd person you'll be sanctioning you will be sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it'll be sanctioning he/she/it will be sanctioning
Plural
1st person we'll be sanctioning we will be sanctioning
2nd person you'll be sanctioning you will be sanctioning
3rd person they'll be sanctioning they will be sanctioning
Negative I won't be sanctioning
Singular
1st person I won't be sanctioning I will not be sanctioning
2nd person you won't be sanctioning you will not be sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it won't be sanctioning he/she/it will not be sanctioning
Plural
1st person we won't be sanctioning we will not be sanctioning
2nd person you won't be sanctioning you will not be sanctioning
3rd person they won't be sanctioning they will not be sanctioning
Question will I be sanctioning?
Singular
1st person will I be sanctioning?
2nd person will you be sanctioning?
3rd person will he/she/it be sanctioning?
Plural
1st person will we be sanctioning?
2nd person will you be sanctioning?
3rd person will they be sanctioning?
Negative question won't I be sanctioning?
Singular
1st person won't I be sanctioning? will I not be sanctioning?
2nd person won't you be sanctioning? will you not be sanctioning?
3rd person won't he/she/it be sanctioning? will he/she/it not be sanctioning?
Plural
1st person won't we be sanctioning? will we not be sanctioning?
2nd person won't you be sanctioning? will you not be sanctioning?
3rd person won't they be sanctioning? will they not be sanctioning?
Conditional continuous I'd be sanctioning
Positive I'd be sanctioning
Singular
1st person I'd be sanctioning I would be sanctioning
2nd person you'd be sanctioning you would be sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it'd be sanctioning he/she/it would be sanctioning
Plural
1st person we'd be sanctioning we would be sanctioning
2nd person you'd be sanctioning you would be sanctioning
3rd person they'd be sanctioning they would be sanctioning
Negative I wouldn't be sanctioning
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be sanctioning I would not be sanctioning
2nd person you wouldn't be sanctioning you would not be sanctioning
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be sanctioning he/she/it would not be sanctioning
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be sanctioning we would not be sanctioning
2nd person you wouldn't be sanctioning you would not be sanctioning
3rd person they wouldn't be sanctioning they would not be sanctioning
Question would I be sanctioning?
Singular
1st person would I be sanctioning?
2nd person would you be sanctioning?
3rd person would he/she/it be sanctioning?
Plural
1st person would we be sanctioning?
2nd person would you be sanctioning?
3rd person would they be sanctioning?
Negative question wouldn't I be sanctioning?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be sanctioning? would I not be sanctioning?
2nd person wouldn't you be sanctioning? would you not be sanctioning?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be sanctioning? would he/she/it not be sanctioning?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be sanctioning? would we not be sanctioning?
2nd person wouldn't you be sanctioning? would you not be sanctioning?
3rd person wouldn't they be sanctioning? would they not be sanctioning?
Present perfect I've sanctioned
Positive I've sanctioned
Singular
1st person I've sanctioned I have sanctioned
2nd person you've sanctioned you have sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it's sanctioned he/she/it has sanctioned
Plural
1st person we've sanctioned we have sanctioned
2nd person you've sanctioned you have sanctioned
3rd person they've sanctioned they have sanctioned
Negative I haven't sanctioned
Singular
1st person I haven't sanctioned I have not sanctioned
2nd person you haven't sanctioned you have not sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it hasn't sanctioned he/she/it has not sanctioned
Plural
1st person we haven't sanctioned we have not sanctioned
2nd person you haven't sanctioned you have not sanctioned
3rd person they haven't sanctioned they have not sanctioned
Question have I sanctioned?
Singular
1st person have I sanctioned?
2nd person have you sanctioned?
3rd person has he/she/it sanctioned?
Plural
1st person have we sanctioned?
2nd person have you sanctioned?
3rd person have they sanctioned?
Negative question haven't I sanctioned?
Singular
1st person haven't I sanctioned? have I not sanctioned?
2nd person haven't you sanctioned? have you not sanctioned?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it sanctioned? has he/she/it not sanctioned?
Plural
1st person haven't we sanctioned? have we not sanctioned?
2nd person haven't you sanctioned? have you not sanctioned?
3rd person haven't they sanctioned? have they not sanctioned?
Past perfect I had sanctioned
Positive I had sanctioned
Singular
1st person I had sanctioned
2nd person you had sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it had sanctioned
Plural
1st person we had sanctioned
2nd person you had sanctioned
3rd person they had sanctioned
Negative I hadn't sanctioned
Singular
1st person I hadn't sanctioned I had not sanctioned
2nd person you hadn't sanctioned you had not sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it hadn't sanctioned he/she/it had not sanctioned
Plural
1st person we hadn't sanctioned we had not sanctioned
2nd person you hadn't sanctioned you had not sanctioned
3rd person they hadn't sanctioned they had not sanctioned
Question had I sanctioned?
Singular
1st person had I sanctioned?
2nd person had you sanctioned?
3rd person had he/she/it sanctioned?
Plural
1st person had we sanctioned?
2nd person had you sanctioned?
3rd person had they sanctioned?
Negative question hadn't I sanctioned?
Singular
1st person hadn't I sanctioned? had I not sanctioned?
2nd person hadn't you sanctioned? had you not sanctioned?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it sanctioned? had he/she/it not sanctioned?
Plural
1st person hadn't we sanctioned? had we not sanctioned?
2nd person hadn't you sanctioned? had you not sanctioned?
3rd person hadn't they sanctioned? had they not sanctioned?
Future perfect I'll have sanctioned
Positive I'll have sanctioned
Singular
1st person I'll have sanctioned I will have sanctioned
2nd person you'll have sanctioned you will have sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it'll have sanctioned he/she/it will have sanctioned
Plural
1st person we'll have sanctioned we will have sanctioned
2nd person you'll have sanctioned you will have sanctioned
3rd person they'll have sanctioned they will have sanctioned
Negative I won't have sanctioned
Singular
1st person I won't have sanctioned I will not have sanctioned
2nd person you won't have sanctioned you will not have sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it won't have sanctioned he/she/it will not have sanctioned
Plural
1st person we won't have sanctioned we will not have sanctioned
2nd person you won't have sanctioned you will not have sanctioned
3rd person they won't have sanctioned they will not have sanctioned
Question +'ll I have sanctioned?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have sanctioned? will I have sanctioned?
2nd person +'ll you have sanctioned? will you have sanctioned?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have sanctioned? will he/she/it have sanctioned?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have sanctioned? will we have sanctioned?
2nd person +'ll you have sanctioned? will you have sanctioned?
3rd person +'ll they have sanctioned? will they have sanctioned?
Negative question won't I have sanctioned?
Singular
1st person won't I have sanctioned? will I not have sanctioned?
2nd person won't you have sanctioned? will you not have sanctioned?
3rd person won't he/she/it have sanctioned? will he/she/it not have sanctioned?
Plural
1st person won't we have sanctioned? will we not have sanctioned?
2nd person won't you have sanctioned? will you not have sanctioned?
3rd person won't they have sanctioned? will they not have sanctioned?
Conditional perfect I'd have sanctioned
Positive I'd have sanctioned
Singular
1st person I'd have sanctioned I would have sanctioned
2nd person you'd have sanctioned you would have sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it'd have sanctioned he/she/it would have sanctioned
Plural
1st person we'd have sanctioned we would have sanctioned
2nd person you'd have sanctioned you would have sanctioned
3rd person they'd have sanctioned they would have sanctioned
Negative I wouldn't have sanctioned
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have sanctioned I would not have sanctioned
2nd person you wouldn't have sanctioned you would not have sanctioned
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have sanctioned he/she/it would not have sanctioned
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have sanctioned we would not have sanctioned
2nd person you wouldn't have sanctioned you would not have sanctioned
3rd person they wouldn't have sanctioned they would not have sanctioned
Question would I have sanctioned?
Singular
1st person would I have sanctioned?
2nd person would you have sanctioned?
3rd person would he/she/it have sanctioned?
Plural
1st person would we have sanctioned?
2nd person would you have sanctioned?
3rd person would they have sanctioned?
Negative question wouldn't I have sanctioned?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have sanctioned? would I not have sanctioned?
2nd person wouldn't you have sanctioned? would you not have sanctioned?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have sanctioned? would he/she/it not have sanctioned?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have sanctioned? would we not have sanctioned?
2nd person wouldn't you have sanctioned? would you not have sanctioned?
3rd person wouldn't they have sanctioned? would they not have sanctioned?
Imperative sanction!
Positive
you sanction!
we let's sanction!
Negative
you don't sanction!
we let's not sanction!
Examples sanction examples
How do I use sanction in a sentence?
Simple sentences
His father would never sanction his engagement to a girl who did not share the same religious beliefs as their family.
That requires the sanction of the government.
Movie subtitles
The Pope won't sanction it!
I lent my sanction to this inquiry with a heavy heart but a duty seen must be discharged.
As Andy's commanding officer, I certainly can't sanction this behavior.
You deliberately launched that rocket without waiting for official sanction.
If the whole world waited for official sanction, it would be standing still.
With or without God's sanction. I tell you, as your king, this cannot be.
Sir Thomas, it states in the preamble that the King's former marriage. to the Lady Catherine was unlawful. she being his brother's widow and the Pope having no authority to sanction it.
I can't sanction it.
How, then, can the Lord sanction such neglect?
So that's why you're working without official sanction.
Friend, I cannot sanction this violence and destruction.
The Minister would never sanction it.
We want you to sanction them.
With or without God's sanction, I tell you as your king this cannot be.
Just because you go out with your border guard is no reason for me.to sanction any Moabite you let into our land.
Sir Thomas, it states in the preamble that the King's former marriage to the Lady Catherine was unlawful she being his brother's widow and the Pope having no authority to sanction it.
The Church cannot sanction.
Sanction? You wanted a church.
Apparently I know Marsh Tracy a lot better than you do, because I know he'd never sanction anything like that.
The key problem is the degree of the economic sanction.
What she really wants is for us to go begging to her. get her sanction, permission from the queen to gather in the streets.
Your sanction for his rule.
Ah, the church does not sanction extremes of any kind.
It would be enough to dismiss him. Bah! The boss of such an important newspaper should really sanction the headlines before the paper goes to print.
As you can see, as Lord Mayor, I've had to sanction some radical redevelopments.
It was done without official sanction of any kind.
In general, going to the Reichsfuhrer of the SS without Schellenberg's sanction, was a rough violation of subordination.
Suggest a community sanction.
Then perhaps we could apply the ultimate sanction.
You nearly had the sanction programmes running.
News and current affairs
Under its current rules, three big countries (France, Germany, and Italy) could--and probably would--block the sanction.
Kennedy felt stuck: Should he sanction the planned CIA invasion of Cuba or veto it?
Her sentence was roundly supported by modernist Muslim intellectuals, who insisted that the punishment was justly applied and cannot be questioned because it has divine sanction.
Gorbachev refused to sanction the use of force to put down demonstrations.
Biotechnology industries flourish, with state sanction and support, because they add extra value to the body, the object of supreme worth to us.
Would Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzkhov, a loyal creature of Putin, have dared to attend the rally where autonomy was demanded without the sanction of the Kremlin's elected monarch?
Many countries under sanction, such as Myanmar, become sources of global illegal trafficking in drugs, arms, money laundering, and forced labor.
For there is nothing at hand to replace the legitimizing sanction provided by the Wahhabis.
Ostensibly, the purpose of the Parliament's censure motion was to sanction the Commission for what was alleged to be the maladministration of the European Union's 1996 budget; and there were (and remain) accusations in the air of fraud and corruption.
One of the central dilemmas of the European Union's institutional structure is that a comprehensive vote of censure is the only instrument allowed under the Treaty by which the European Parliament can sanction the Commission.
There is no provision for the Parliament to register even a moderate protest or a targeted sanction against detailed elements of the record of the European executive.
Which means that they will be compelled to recognise that the Parliament should have the right to a more extensive, a more flexible, and a more democratic, power of sanction.
Russian and Chinese reticence about pressuring governments that deserve censure and sanction stems partly from such concerns; the absence of consensus on Syria is just one result.
The Republicans' defeat in this month's mid-term Congressional elections is a sign that Americans want to sanction their leaders for their strategic and ethical shortcomings, and they did so with gusto.
What died with the Security Council's unwillingness to sanction force to implement its own resolutions on Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction was the decades-old fantasy of the UN as the bedrock of world order.
Hence, its silence appears to sanction the situation.
The return of the state, even when it is the power of the European Commission to sanction Microsoft, is on everyone's lips.
The UN sanction vote was also heavily influenced by another small country with a Weltpolitik: Israel.