Past tense of unseat
regular verb
The past tense of unseat is unseated. The past participle is also unseated.
Forms of unseat
| Base form (V1) | unseat /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | unseated |
| Past participle (V3) | unseated |
| Present participle | unseating |
| Third person singular | unseats |
Unseated in a sentence
- The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.
- I was unseated from my bike after hitting an unexpected pothole.
- Even in pro-Beijing strongholds such as North Point, fresh-faced candidates running on an explicitly pro-democracy platform unseated longtime incumbents.2019 November 24, Shibani Mahtani, Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong’s pro-democracy parties sweep pro-Beijing…. From the entry North Point
Meaning of unseat
- verb To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback.
- verb To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone.
- verb To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn.
Questions about the past tense of unseat
- What is the past tense of unseat?
- The past tense of unseat is unseated.
- What is the past participle of unseat?
- The past participle of unseat is unseated.
- Is unseat a regular or irregular verb?
- Unseat is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unseat (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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