Past tense of eschew
regular verb
The past tense of eschew is eschewed. The past participle is also eschewed.
Forms of eschew
| Base form (V1) | eschew /ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | eschewed |
| Past participle (V3) | eschewed |
| Present participle | eschewing |
| Third person singular | eschews |
Eschewed in a sentence
- As a result, we have eschewed dialectisms and regionalisms.2013, Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman, A to Z of Arabic - English - Arabic Translation, Saqi, →ISBN. From the entry regionalism
- The plan eschewed traditional antilottery arguments as being politically ineffective.2007, Michael Nelson, John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, page 149. From the entry antilottery
- Given the traditionalism that is baked into the royal family, or The Firm as she called it, the Queen eschewed online communications for official messages.2022 September 9, Iain Thomson, “RIP Queen Elizabeth II: Britain's first tech monarch dies”, in The Register. From the entry The Firm
- He was commended for his work, and there is no suggestion that if he had eschewed all coat trailings his success would have been greater.2010, David Burnett-James, Ravel: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers, →ISBN. From the entry coat trailing
- But, given the argument for its primitive nature just adduced, this would only be possible if the reductionist eschewed the univocality of predications of existence.2007 July 14, Troy Thomas Catterson, “Reducing reductionism: on a putative proof for Extreme Haecceitism”, in Philosophical Studies…. From the entry univocality
Meaning of eschew
- verb To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Questions about the past tense of eschew
- What is the past tense of eschew?
- The past tense of eschew is eschewed.
- What is the past participle of eschew?
- The past participle of eschew is eschewed.
- Is eschew a regular or irregular verb?
- Eschew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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