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Meaning surface meaning
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Synonyms surface synonyms
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Topics surface topics
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Conjugation surface conjugation
How do you conjugate surface?
surface · verb
Present I surface
Positive I surface
Singular
1st person I surface
2nd person you surface
3rd person he/she/it surfaces
Plural
1st person we surface
2nd person you surface
3rd person they surface
Negative I don't surface
Singular
1st person I don't surface I do not surface
2nd person you don't surface you do not surface
3rd person he/she/it doesn't surface he/she/it does not surface
Plural
1st person we don't surface we do not surface
2nd person you don't surface you do not surface
3rd person they don't surface they do not surface
Question do I surface?
Singular
1st person do I surface?
2nd person do you surface?
3rd person does he/she/it surface?
Plural
1st person do we surface?
2nd person do you surface?
3rd person do they surface?
Negative question don't I surface?
Singular
1st person don't I surface? do I not surface?
2nd person don't you surface? do you not surface?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it surface? does he/she/it not surface?
Plural
1st person don't we surface? do we not surface?
2nd person don't you surface? do you not surface?
3rd person don't they surface? do they not surface?
Past I surfaced
Positive I surfaced
Singular
1st person I surfaced
2nd person you surfaced
3rd person he/she/it surfaced
Plural
1st person we surfaced
2nd person you surfaced
3rd person they surfaced
Negative I didn't surface
Singular
1st person I didn't surface I did not surface
2nd person you didn't surface you did not surface
3rd person he/she/it didn't surface he/she/it did not surface
Plural
1st person we didn't surface we did not surface
2nd person you didn't surface you did not surface
3rd person they didn't surface they did not surface
Question did I surface?
Singular
1st person did I surface?
2nd person did you surface?
3rd person did he/she/it surface?
Plural
1st person did we surface?
2nd person did you surface?
3rd person did they surface?
Negative question didn't I surface?
Singular
1st person didn't I surface? did I not surface?
2nd person didn't you surface? did you not surface?
3rd person didn't he/she/it surface? did he/she/it not surface?
Plural
1st person didn't we surface? did we not surface?
2nd person didn't you surface? did you not surface?
3rd person didn't they surface? did they not surface?
Future I'll surface
Positive I'll surface
Singular
1st person I'll surface I will surface
2nd person you'll surface you will surface
3rd person he/she/it'll surface he/she/it will surface
Plural
1st person we'll surface we will surface
2nd person you'll surface you will surface
3rd person they'll surface they will surface
Negative I won't surface
Singular
1st person I won't surface I will not surface
2nd person you won't surface you will not surface
3rd person he/she/it won't surface he/she/it will not surface
Plural
1st person we won't surface we will not surface
2nd person you won't surface you will not surface
3rd person they won't surface they will not surface
Question will I surface?
Singular
1st person will I surface?
2nd person will you surface?
3rd person will he/she/it surface?
Plural
1st person will we surface?
2nd person will you surface?
3rd person will they surface?
Negative question won't I surface?
Singular
1st person won't I surface? will I not surface?
2nd person won't you surface? will you not surface?
3rd person won't he/she/it surface? will he/she/it not surface?
Plural
1st person won't we surface? will we not surface?
2nd person won't you surface? will you not surface?
3rd person won't they surface? will they not surface?
Conditional I'd surface
Positive I'd surface
Singular
1st person I'd surface I would surface
2nd person you'd surface you would surface
3rd person he/she/it'd surface he/she/it would surface
Plural
1st person we'd surface we would surface
2nd person you'd surface you would surface
3rd person they'd surface they would surface
Negative I wouldn't surface
Singular
1st person I wouldn't surface I would not surface
2nd person you wouldn't surface you would not surface
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't surface he/she/it would not surface
Plural
1st person we wouldn't surface we would not surface
2nd person you wouldn't surface you would not surface
3rd person they wouldn't surface they would not surface
Question would I surface?
Singular
1st person would I surface?
2nd person would you surface?
3rd person would he/she/it surface?
Plural
1st person would we surface?
2nd person would you surface?
3rd person would they surface?
Negative question wouldn't I surface?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I surface? would I not surface?
2nd person wouldn't you surface? would you not surface?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it surface? would he/she/it not surface?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we surface? would we not surface?
2nd person wouldn't you surface? would you not surface?
3rd person wouldn't they surface? would they not surface?
Present continuous I'm surfacing
Positive I'm surfacing
Singular
1st person I'm surfacing I am surfacing
2nd person you're surfacing you are surfacing
3rd person he/she/it's surfacing he/she/it is surfacing
Plural
1st person we're surfacing we are surfacing
2nd person you're surfacing you are surfacing
3rd person they're surfacing they are surfacing
Negative I'm not surfacing
Singular
1st person I'm not surfacing I am not surfacing
2nd person you aren't surfacing you're not surfacing you are not surfacing
3rd person he/she/it isn't surfacing he/she/it's not surfacing he/she/it is not surfacing
Plural
1st person we aren't surfacing we're not surfacing we are not surfacing
2nd person you aren't surfacing you're not surfacing you are not surfacing
3rd person they aren't surfacing they're not surfacing they are not surfacing
Question am I surfacing?
Singular
1st person am I surfacing?
2nd person are you surfacing?
3rd person is he/she/it surfacing?
Plural
1st person are we surfacing?
2nd person are you surfacing?
3rd person are they surfacing?
Negative question aren't I surfacing?
Singular
1st person aren't I surfacing? am I not surfacing?
2nd person aren't you surfacing? are you not surfacing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it surfacing? is he/she/it not surfacing?
Plural
1st person aren't we surfacing? are we not surfacing?
2nd person aren't you surfacing? are you not surfacing?
3rd person aren't they surfacing? are they not surfacing?
Past continuous I was surfacing
Positive I was surfacing
Singular
1st person I was surfacing
2nd person you were surfacing
3rd person he/she/it was surfacing
Plural
1st person we were surfacing
2nd person you were surfacing
3rd person they were surfacing
Negative I wasn't surfacing
Singular
1st person I wasn't surfacing I was not surfacing
2nd person you weren't surfacing you were not surfacing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't surfacing he/she/it was not surfacing
Plural
1st person we weren't surfacing we were not surfacing
2nd person you weren't surfacing you were not surfacing
3rd person they weren't surfacing they were not surfacing
Question was I surfacing?
Singular
1st person was I surfacing?
2nd person were you surfacing?
3rd person was he/she/it surfacing?
Plural
1st person were we surfacing?
2nd person were you surfacing?
3rd person were they surfacing?
Negative question wasn't I surfacing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I surfacing? was I not surfacing?
2nd person weren't you surfacing? were you not surfacing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it surfacing? was he/she/it not surfacing?
Plural
1st person weren't we surfacing? were we not surfacing?
2nd person weren't you surfacing? were you not surfacing?
3rd person weren't they surfacing? were they not surfacing?
Future continuous I'll be surfacing
Positive I'll be surfacing
Singular
1st person I'll be surfacing I will be surfacing
2nd person you'll be surfacing you will be surfacing
3rd person he/she/it'll be surfacing he/she/it will be surfacing
Plural
1st person we'll be surfacing we will be surfacing
2nd person you'll be surfacing you will be surfacing
3rd person they'll be surfacing they will be surfacing
Negative I won't be surfacing
Singular
1st person I won't be surfacing I will not be surfacing
2nd person you won't be surfacing you will not be surfacing
3rd person he/she/it won't be surfacing he/she/it will not be surfacing
Plural
1st person we won't be surfacing we will not be surfacing
2nd person you won't be surfacing you will not be surfacing
3rd person they won't be surfacing they will not be surfacing
Question will I be surfacing?
Singular
1st person will I be surfacing?
2nd person will you be surfacing?
3rd person will he/she/it be surfacing?
Plural
1st person will we be surfacing?
2nd person will you be surfacing?
3rd person will they be surfacing?
Negative question won't I be surfacing?
Singular
1st person won't I be surfacing? will I not be surfacing?
2nd person won't you be surfacing? will you not be surfacing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be surfacing? will he/she/it not be surfacing?
Plural
1st person won't we be surfacing? will we not be surfacing?
2nd person won't you be surfacing? will you not be surfacing?
3rd person won't they be surfacing? will they not be surfacing?
Conditional continuous I'd be surfacing
Positive I'd be surfacing
Singular
1st person I'd be surfacing I would be surfacing
2nd person you'd be surfacing you would be surfacing
3rd person he/she/it'd be surfacing he/she/it would be surfacing
Plural
1st person we'd be surfacing we would be surfacing
2nd person you'd be surfacing you would be surfacing
3rd person they'd be surfacing they would be surfacing
Negative I wouldn't be surfacing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be surfacing I would not be surfacing
2nd person you wouldn't be surfacing you would not be surfacing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be surfacing he/she/it would not be surfacing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be surfacing we would not be surfacing
2nd person you wouldn't be surfacing you would not be surfacing
3rd person they wouldn't be surfacing they would not be surfacing
Question would I be surfacing?
Singular
1st person would I be surfacing?
2nd person would you be surfacing?
3rd person would he/she/it be surfacing?
Plural
1st person would we be surfacing?
2nd person would you be surfacing?
3rd person would they be surfacing?
Negative question wouldn't I be surfacing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be surfacing? would I not be surfacing?
2nd person wouldn't you be surfacing? would you not be surfacing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be surfacing? would he/she/it not be surfacing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be surfacing? would we not be surfacing?
2nd person wouldn't you be surfacing? would you not be surfacing?
3rd person wouldn't they be surfacing? would they not be surfacing?
Present perfect I've surfaced
Positive I've surfaced
Singular
1st person I've surfaced I have surfaced
2nd person you've surfaced you have surfaced
3rd person he/she/it's surfaced he/she/it has surfaced
Plural
1st person we've surfaced we have surfaced
2nd person you've surfaced you have surfaced
3rd person they've surfaced they have surfaced
Negative I haven't surfaced
Singular
1st person I haven't surfaced I have not surfaced
2nd person you haven't surfaced you have not surfaced
3rd person he/she/it hasn't surfaced he/she/it has not surfaced
Plural
1st person we haven't surfaced we have not surfaced
2nd person you haven't surfaced you have not surfaced
3rd person they haven't surfaced they have not surfaced
Question have I surfaced?
Singular
1st person have I surfaced?
2nd person have you surfaced?
3rd person has he/she/it surfaced?
Plural
1st person have we surfaced?
2nd person have you surfaced?
3rd person have they surfaced?
Negative question haven't I surfaced?
Singular
1st person haven't I surfaced? have I not surfaced?
2nd person haven't you surfaced? have you not surfaced?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it surfaced? has he/she/it not surfaced?
Plural
1st person haven't we surfaced? have we not surfaced?
2nd person haven't you surfaced? have you not surfaced?
3rd person haven't they surfaced? have they not surfaced?
Past perfect I had surfaced
Positive I had surfaced
Singular
1st person I had surfaced
2nd person you had surfaced
3rd person he/she/it had surfaced
Plural
1st person we had surfaced
2nd person you had surfaced
3rd person they had surfaced
Negative I hadn't surfaced
Singular
1st person I hadn't surfaced I had not surfaced
2nd person you hadn't surfaced you had not surfaced
3rd person he/she/it hadn't surfaced he/she/it had not surfaced
Plural
1st person we hadn't surfaced we had not surfaced
2nd person you hadn't surfaced you had not surfaced
3rd person they hadn't surfaced they had not surfaced
Question had I surfaced?
Singular
1st person had I surfaced?
2nd person had you surfaced?
3rd person had he/she/it surfaced?
Plural
1st person had we surfaced?
2nd person had you surfaced?
3rd person had they surfaced?
Negative question hadn't I surfaced?
Singular
1st person hadn't I surfaced? had I not surfaced?
2nd person hadn't you surfaced? had you not surfaced?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it surfaced? had he/she/it not surfaced?
Plural
1st person hadn't we surfaced? had we not surfaced?
2nd person hadn't you surfaced? had you not surfaced?
3rd person hadn't they surfaced? had they not surfaced?
Future perfect I'll have surfaced
Positive I'll have surfaced
Singular
1st person I'll have surfaced I will have surfaced
2nd person you'll have surfaced you will have surfaced
3rd person he/she/it'll have surfaced he/she/it will have surfaced
Plural
1st person we'll have surfaced we will have surfaced
2nd person you'll have surfaced you will have surfaced
3rd person they'll have surfaced they will have surfaced
Negative I won't have surfaced
Singular
1st person I won't have surfaced I will not have surfaced
2nd person you won't have surfaced you will not have surfaced
3rd person he/she/it won't have surfaced he/she/it will not have surfaced
Plural
1st person we won't have surfaced we will not have surfaced
2nd person you won't have surfaced you will not have surfaced
3rd person they won't have surfaced they will not have surfaced
Question +'ll I have surfaced?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have surfaced? will I have surfaced?
2nd person +'ll you have surfaced? will you have surfaced?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have surfaced? will he/she/it have surfaced?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have surfaced? will we have surfaced?
2nd person +'ll you have surfaced? will you have surfaced?
3rd person +'ll they have surfaced? will they have surfaced?
Negative question won't I have surfaced?
Singular
1st person won't I have surfaced? will I not have surfaced?
2nd person won't you have surfaced? will you not have surfaced?
3rd person won't he/she/it have surfaced? will he/she/it not have surfaced?
Plural
1st person won't we have surfaced? will we not have surfaced?
2nd person won't you have surfaced? will you not have surfaced?
3rd person won't they have surfaced? will they not have surfaced?
Conditional perfect I'd have surfaced
Positive I'd have surfaced
Singular
1st person I'd have surfaced I would have surfaced
2nd person you'd have surfaced you would have surfaced
3rd person he/she/it'd have surfaced he/she/it would have surfaced
Plural
1st person we'd have surfaced we would have surfaced
2nd person you'd have surfaced you would have surfaced
3rd person they'd have surfaced they would have surfaced
Negative I wouldn't have surfaced
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have surfaced I would not have surfaced
2nd person you wouldn't have surfaced you would not have surfaced
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have surfaced he/she/it would not have surfaced
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have surfaced we would not have surfaced
2nd person you wouldn't have surfaced you would not have surfaced
3rd person they wouldn't have surfaced they would not have surfaced
Question would I have surfaced?
Singular
1st person would I have surfaced?
2nd person would you have surfaced?
3rd person would he/she/it have surfaced?
Plural
1st person would we have surfaced?
2nd person would you have surfaced?
3rd person would they have surfaced?
Negative question wouldn't I have surfaced?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have surfaced? would I not have surfaced?
2nd person wouldn't you have surfaced? would you not have surfaced?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have surfaced? would he/she/it not have surfaced?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have surfaced? would we not have surfaced?
2nd person wouldn't you have surfaced? would you not have surfaced?
3rd person wouldn't they have surfaced? would they not have surfaced?
Imperative surface!
Positive
you surface!
we let's surface!
Negative
you don't surface!
we let's not surface!
Examples surface examples
How do I use surface in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The surface of this road is less than four meters wide.
One third of the earth's surface is desert.
Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
There is no surface difference between them.
A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.
Its surface was as flat as a mirror.
The surface of the object is fairly rough.
This problem seems to be easy on the surface, but it's really difficult.
This table has a smooth surface.
The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.
Three-fourths of the earth's surface is water.
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
Tires wear down because of friction between the rubber and the road surface.
That desert looks like the surface of the moon.
A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
The surface of the moon is irregular.
Water makes up most of the earth's surface.
The calm surface reflected her features like a mirror.
One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.
Three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.
Movie subtitles
There's no hard surface.
One such planet, Corot 7B, orbits so close to its star that surface temperatures reach as high as 1,600 degrees Celsius.
We don't know that life has to evolve on the surface of small, rocky planets.
Imagine a world so much hotter than the Earth that there are no oceans, no liquid water at all on its surface.
Venus had water, and probably vast oceans on its surface.
And as Venus got hotter, more and more water from its surface evaporated into the atmosphere, trapping the heat even more.
Even if it weren't that hot, the atmospheric pressure at the surface is 90 times the Earth's atmospheric pressure, so you'd be crushed.
In 2008, a probe visited to the Martian surface, the Phoenix Mars Lander, and it made an amazing discovery.
The key question is; how far down does the water persist beneath the surface and if you go far enough, is the pressure and temperature high enough that the water would be liquid, not in the form of ice?
And scientists are also excited about what they believe to be an ocean underneath the surface of Jupiter's frozen moon, Europa.
Titan's atmosphere and surface features are similar to Earth's 3.5 billion years ago.
And it's cold enough that the methane precipitates and drops, like raindrops, and falls out onto the surface of Titan.
OK, let's use this time to calculate surface area of burns.
The shell balances and thanks to the hermetically sealed air in its interior rises slowly to the surface.
They'll have to surface eventually. Don't stop 'til then.
It would appear someone's detected the sensor I sent up to the surface.
A small white spot on the skin surface, cold and insensitive.
You know, if you scratch under the surface here you'll find a proposal lying around.
People seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.
I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.
There are a thousand and one little things that go on underneath the surface.
Why is he buring the ship? Trying to surface the sub.
If they think we're sinking, they won't waste a torpedo on us. They may surface.
She won't surface.
It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on this earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
You could have gotten a soft job on the surface.
His defects were on the surface, but he was generous of heart and kindly toward his fellow creatures.
I had no wish to surface under their noses, though I doubt if they would have noticed me even if I had.
That robot was prohibited from any activity at surface level.
It won't affect humans, but robots working on the surface may malfunction.
The larvae have to rise to the surface to breathe.
If it stays parallel to the surface it's anophelese.
Why allow such hatred to remain beneath the surface festering?
Trying to bring that sub to the surface.
They may surface.
The top of the well must be above the ground so surface water can not enter.
The well must be placed slightly elevated, so surface water flows from the well.
The same subtle cruelty just beneath the surface.
Here in Germany, on the surface and underground.
A log came up to the surface.
News and current affairs
Indeed, on the surface it seems to be its perfect antithesis: the collapse of a wall symbolizing oppression and artificial divisions versus the collapse of a seemingly indestructible and reassuring institution of financial capitalism.
Usually, conspiracy theories surface where people are poorly educated and a rigorous independent press is lacking.
This decline coincided with a rise in the surface temperature of the neighboring Indian Ocean, a hint that the decline in rainfall is in fact part of the longer-term process of man-made global warming.
On the surface, the world's two largest economies have little to fear.
Reservations against FDI (as against anything foreign) can be found in all groups of countries, and politicians can bring them to the surface, resulting in protectionism.
Since 1900 the global temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and ocean surface waters has risen by 0.5-1 degree Celsius, and the prime suspect is atmospheric carbon dioxide, CO2, which is second only to water vapor in its greenhouse effect.
This equilibrium is, in turn, determined by the temperature of ocean surface water.
But, beneath the surface, unease in the bilateral relationship persists, partly for historical reasons.
On the surface, Microsoft and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's police look like strange bedfellows.
Manmade global warming raises not only air temperatures, but sea-surface temperatures as well.
Indeed, there is volatility just beneath the surface.
On the surface, at least, the mini-revaluation hardly seems to have compromised China's ability to bend exchange markets to its will.
Paradoxically, these exercises were undertaken during a period when bilateral political and economic ties appeared on the surface to be at their highest point.
On the surface it appears that the United States apologized to China, but what commitments did the US assume, really?
One thing to be learned, if we didn't know this already, is how close racial sensitivities are to the surface of US life, despite the election of a black president.
Water flows on the surface and underground.
Nevertheless, strategic anxiety lurks below the surface, particularly in India.
On the surface, the numbers speak for themselves.
That is why hurricanes occur in hot tropical regions, and at the end of the summer months, when the sea surface temperatures are at their annual maximum.
Higher sea-surface temperatures translate into more powerful storms in the world's oceans.
There were, of course, a number of subjects that remained just below the surface and were not discussed at this year's CDF.