Conjugation of the verb overcome in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb overcome in English.

Conjugation of the verb overcome in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I overcome
  • you overcome
  • he|she|it overcomes
  • we overcome
  • you overcome
  • they overcome

Present Continuous

  • I am overcoming
  • you are overcoming
  • he|she|it is overcoming
  • we are overcoming
  • you are overcoming
  • they are overcoming

Present Perfect

  • I have overcome
  • you have overcome
  • he|she|it has overcome
  • we have overcome
  • you have overcome
  • they have overcome

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been overcoming
  • you have been overcoming
  • he|she|it has been overcoming
  • we have been overcoming
  • you have been overcoming
  • they have been overcoming

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 overcome in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I overcame
  • you overcame
  • he|she|it overcame
  • we overcame
  • you overcame
  • they overcame

Past continuous

  • I was overcoming
  • you were overcoming
  • he|she|it was overcoming
  • we were overcoming
  • you were overcoming
  • they were overcoming

Past perfect

  • I had overcome
  • you had overcome
  • he|she|it had overcome
  • we had overcome
  • you had overcome
  • they had overcome

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been overcoming
  • you had been overcoming
  • he|she|it had been overcoming
  • we had been overcoming
  • you had been overcoming
  • they had been overcoming

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 overcome in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will overcome
  • you will overcome
  • he|she|it will overcome
  • we will overcome
  • you will overcome
  • they will overcome

Future continuous

  • I will be overcoming
  • you will be overcoming
  • he|she|it will be overcoming
  • we will be overcoming
  • you will be overcoming
  • they will be overcoming

Future perfect

  • I will have overcome
  • you will have overcome
  • he|she|it will have overcome
  • we will have overcome
  • you will have overcome
  • they will have overcome

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been overcoming
  • you will have been overcoming
  • he|she|it will have been overcoming
  • we will have been overcoming
  • you will have been overcoming
  • they will have been overcoming

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.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to overcome

Present participle

  • overcoming

Past participle

  • overcome

Perfect Participle

  • having overcome

The imperative in English, for the verb to overcome

Imperative

  • overcome
  • let's overcome
  • overcome

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