Past tense of encroach
regular verb
The past tense of encroach is encroached. The past participle is also encroached.
Forms of encroach
| Base form (V1) | encroach /ɪŋˈkɹəʊtʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | encroached |
| Past participle (V3) | encroached |
| Present participle | encroaching |
| Third person singular | encroaches |
Encroached in a sentence
- Gradually the negative feelings encroached into her work.
- Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 252d
- Church Street has been reclaimed from vendors who had encroached every bit of pedestrian walk.2024 October 12, @bykarthikreddy, Twitter. From the entry originality
- It was an extraskeletal osteosarcoma – a bone tumour – which would have encroached on its cerebellum and its brainstem.2009, Charles Foster, “Who’s Right? Evidence and the Lack of It”, in The Selfless Gene: Living with God and Darwin, London: Hodder &…. From the entry gorgosaurus
- Since my days as a student, the city has encroached upon Salpetriere so it no longer has its country-estate disguise.2006, Kate Horsley, Black Elk in Paris, page 3. From the entry unembracing
Meaning of encroach
- verb To seize, appropriate.
- verb To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- verb To advance gradually beyond due limits.
Questions about the past tense of encroach
- What is the past tense of encroach?
- The past tense of encroach is encroached.
- What is the past participle of encroach?
- The past participle of encroach is encroached.
- Is encroach a regular or irregular verb?
- Encroach is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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