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Past tense of overspread

irregular verb

The past tense of overspread is overspread. The past participle is also overspread.

Forms of overspread

Base form (V1)overspread /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/
Past tense (V2)overspread /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/
Past participle (V3)overspread /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/
Present participleoverspreading
Third person singularoverspreads

Meaning of overspread

  1. verb To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
  2. verb To be spread or scattered about.

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Questions about the past tense of overspread

What is the past tense of overspread?
The past tense of overspread is overspread.
What is the past participle of overspread?
The past participle of overspread is overspread.
Is overspread a regular or irregular verb?
Overspread is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overspread (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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