Past tense of succumb
regular verb
The past tense of succumb is succumbed. The past participle is also succumbed.
Forms of succumb
| Base form (V1) | succumb /səˈkʌm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | succumbed |
| Past participle (V3) | succumbed |
| Present participle | succumbing |
| Third person singular | succumbs |
Succumbed in a sentence
- Sadly, the independent bookshop that occupied a room in the southern station building has succumbed to closure, due to the pandemic.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28
- Upon returning to his flat, he discovered much to his dismay, that his ficus benjamina had succumbed.1976 December 25, “Untitled cartoon”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 5
- Their efforts were in vain and he succumbed to his injuries.From the entry in vain
- The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper.From the entry snorter
- She vowed to give up drinking during the exam period, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and was out drinking with her friends within a week of the resolution.From the entry peer pressure
Meaning of succumb
- verb To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
- verb To give up, or give in.
- verb To die.
Questions about the past tense of succumb
- What is the past tense of succumb?
- The past tense of succumb is succumbed.
- What is the past participle of succumb?
- The past participle of succumb is succumbed.
- Is succumb a regular or irregular verb?
- Succumb is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: succumb (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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