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blunderblunder2 verb ETYMOLOGYblunder2Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEblunder |
Present | I, you, we, they | blunder | | he, she, it | blunders | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | blundered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have blundered | | he, she, it | has blundered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had blundered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will blunder | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have blundered |
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Present | I | am blundering | | he, she, it | is blundering | | you, we, they | are blundering | Past | I, he, she, it | was blundering | | you, we, they | were blundering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been blundering | | he, she, it | has been blundering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been blundering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be blundering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been blundering |
1[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake: blunder into They blundered into a group of soldiers.2[intransitive] to make a big mistake, especially because you have been careless or stupid: Police admitted that they blundered when they let Wylie go.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move in an unsteady way, as if you cannot see well: blunder into/around/about I blundered into a table in the dark.—blunderer noun [countable] |