Past tense of outspend
irregular verb
The past tense of outspend is outspent. The past participle is also outspent.
Forms of outspend
| Base form (V1) | outspend /aʊtˈspɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | outspent |
| Past participle (V3) | outspent |
| Present participle | outspending |
| Third person singular | outspends |
Outspent in a sentence
- As he admitted, he had been not only outspent and outslandered, but outmaneuvered.2009, Leslie Derfler, Paul Lafargue and the Flowering of French Socialism, 1882-1911, page 143
- Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond.2009 May 10, Adam Nagourney, “Governor Clintonism?”, in New York Times. From the entry outtalk
Meaning of outspend
- verb To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
Verbs like outspend
Questions about the past tense of outspend
- What is the past tense of outspend?
- The past tense of outspend is outspent.
- What is the past participle of outspend?
- The past participle of outspend is outspent.
- Is outspend a regular or irregular verb?
- Outspend is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
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