Past tense of covet

Forms of covet

Coveted in a sentence

• The manager hesitated to open the doors to the thronging holiday crowds, knowing that a feeding frenzy would soon ensue near the display of coveted toys.From the entry feeding frenzy
• Yakgwa (“yak” means medicine and “gwa” means confection) is more than a vessel for coveted sweetness.2023 September 18, Eric Kim, “The Amber Gleam of Yakgwa, South Korea’s ‘It’ Cookie”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry yakgwa
• His passion for guns thus mortificated, he traded me it for the codpiece he coveted.2016 February 19, John O’Donnell, chapter XV, in Revenge at Elsinore, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 12 January 2017, →ISBN…. From the entry mortificate
• "We have appletinis, berrytinis, even a bananatini, and, of course, the highly coveted chocotini.2015 May 26, Carol Pavliska, Color Me Crazy, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN. From the entry appletini
• Like the region's pearls, the Christians of Pescaria were a valuable prize coveted by Europeans.2014, Liam Matthew Brockey, The Visitor: André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia, page 119. From the entry Pescaria

Meaning of covet

1. verb To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
2. verb To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
3. verb To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.

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Questions about the past tense of covet

What is the past tense of covet?

The past tense of covet is coveted.

What is the past participle of covet?

The past participle of covet is coveted.

Is covet a regular or irregular verb?

Covet is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.