Past tense of steer
regular verb
The past tense of steer is steered. The past participle is also steered.
Forms of steer
| Base form (V1) | steer /stɪə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | steered |
| Past participle (V3) | steered |
| Present participle | steering |
| Third person singular | steers /stɪə(ɹ)z/ |
Steered in a sentence
- The boat steered towards the iceberg.
- I steered homeward.
- Alice steered the boat into the wind, so we were stuck in irons.From the entry irons
- It is fair to say that this coronation steered well clear of the campery of comic opera.2023 May 7, Michael Billington, “The Coronation review – immaculately rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry campery
- Each collective was steered by an individual or a few prominent memberes.2015, Tessa G. Diphoorn, Twilight Policing: Private Security and Violence in Urban South Africa, →ISBN. From the entry road captain
Meaning of steer
- verb To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- verb To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- verb To direct a group of animals.
Questions about the past tense of steer
- What is the past tense of steer?
- The past tense of steer is steered.
- What is the past participle of steer?
- The past participle of steer is steered.
- Is steer a regular or irregular verb?
- Steer is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: steer (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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