Conjugation of the verb defeat in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb defeat in English.
Conjugation of the verb defeat in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I defeat
- you defeat
- he|she|it defeats
- we defeat
- you defeat
- they defeat
Present Continuous
- I am defeating
- you are defeating
- he|she|it is defeating
- we are defeating
- you are defeating
- they are defeating
Present Perfect
- I have defeated
- you have defeated
- he|she|it has defeated
- we have defeated
- you have defeated
- they have defeated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been defeating
- you have been defeating
- he|she|it has been defeating
- we have been defeating
- you have been defeating
- they have been defeating
How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.
Conjugation of the verb defeat in the past tenses
Simple past
- I defeated
- you defeated
- he|she|it defeated
- we defeated
- you defeated
- they defeated
Past continuous
- I was defeating
- you were defeating
- he|she|it was defeating
- we were defeating
- you were defeating
- they were defeating
Past perfect
- I had defeated
- you had defeated
- he|she|it had defeated
- we had defeated
- you had defeated
- they had defeated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been defeating
- you had been defeating
- he|she|it had been defeating
- we had been defeating
- you had been defeating
- they had been defeating
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.
Conjugation of the verb defeat in the futur tenses
Future
- I will defeat
- you will defeat
- he|she|it will defeat
- we will defeat
- you will defeat
- they will defeat
Future continuous
- I will be defeating
- you will be defeating
- he|she|it will be defeating
- we will be defeating
- you will be defeating
- they will be defeating
Future perfect
- I will have defeated
- you will have defeated
- he|she|it will have defeated
- we will have defeated
- you will have defeated
- they will have defeated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been defeating
- you will have been defeating
- he|she|it will have been defeating
- we will have been defeating
- you will have been defeating
- they will have been defeating
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.
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