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Past tense of capsize

regular verb

The past tense of capsize is capsized. The past participle is also capsized.

Forms of capsize

Base form (V1)capsize /ˈkæpsaɪz/
Past tense (V2)capsized
Past participle (V3)capsized
Present participlecapsizing
Third person singularcapsizes

Capsized in a sentence

  • Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.From the entry unison
  • After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.From the entry set foot
  • As they approached the harbor, the Chun Ji No. 8 suddenly capsized.2022 January 29, Luke Sabatier, “Captain missing, 4 migrant workers injured as fishing boat capsizes”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the…. From the entry Caoli
  • The next day ran down to Acra, where the windlass was again capsized and the pawls broken.2013, George Francis Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving (quoting an older text). From the entry speak
  • A pair of lasery, talon-rich claws landed atop two capsized frigates to survey the damage.2008, Mister Rengerz [pseudonym], “Commotion from the Ocean”, in Ring Dragonz, Rockford, Ill.: Helm Publishing, →ISBN, page 243. From the entry lasery

Meaning of capsize

  1. verb To overturn.
  2. verb To cause (a ship) to overturn.
  3. verb To deform under stress.

Full definition of capsize

Questions about the past tense of capsize

What is the past tense of capsize?
The past tense of capsize is capsized.
What is the past participle of capsize?
The past participle of capsize is capsized.
Is capsize a regular or irregular verb?
Capsize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capsize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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