Past tense of reassert
regular verb
The past tense of reassert is reasserted. The past participle is also reasserted.
Forms of reassert
| Base form (V1) | reassert /ˌɹiː.əˈsɜːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | reasserted |
| Past participle (V3) | reasserted |
| Present participle | reasserting |
| Third person singular | reasserts |
Reasserted in a sentence
- Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda.2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC
- I had a brain-cramp there for a minute, the smile said, but now sanity has reasserted itself.2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome, online preview edition. From the entry brain cramp
- After a smackless ten days that far grimmer bogey, Fear, reasserted itself.1961, Oswald Frewen, Sailor's Soliloquy, page 33. From the entry smackless
- A rat scampered across the tin cans and burst sandbags, and trench atmosphere reasserted itself in a smell of chloride of lime.1930, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, London: Faber and Faber, page 312 (Faber…. From the entry chloride of lime
Meaning of reassert
- verb To assert again.
Questions about the past tense of reassert
- What is the past tense of reassert?
- The past tense of reassert is reasserted.
- What is the past participle of reassert?
- The past participle of reassert is reasserted.
- Is reassert a regular or irregular verb?
- Reassert is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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