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overturned

overturned is the simple past and past participle of overturn.

Meaning of overturn

Verb

overturn (third-person singular simple present overturns, present participle overturning, simple past and past participle overturned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
    • About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232
    Synonyms:
    tip over
  2. (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
  3. (transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
    • In a report for the Sun on Sunday, Barak claimed that Andrew is consulting lawyers about overturning that settlement.2023 January 22, Matthew Weaver, “Ghislaine Maxwell calls Prince Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre ‘a fake’”, in The Guardian
  4. (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
    • Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport
  5. (intransitive) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.

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Questions about overturned

What is overturned the simple past and past participle of?
Overturned is the simple past and past participle of overturn.

Words near overturned in the dictionary

  1. Overturf
  2. Overturfs
  3. overturing
  4. overturn
  5. overturnable
  6. overturned
  7. overturner
  8. overturners
  9. overturnest
  10. overturneth
  11. overturning

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