irregular verbs
1Irregular verbs — ◊ GRAMMAR An irregular verb has a past form or a past participle which is not formed by adding ed . A few irregular verbs have regular past forms, but two past participle forms, one of which is irregular. The commoner one is given first. Some… …
2irregular verbs — ◊ GRAMMAR An irregular verb has a past form or a past participle which is not formed by adding ed . A few irregular verbs have regular past forms, but two past participle forms, one of which is irregular. The commoner one is given first. Some… …
3English irregular verbs — The English language has a large number of irregular verbs. In the great majority of these, the past participle and/or past tense is not formed according to the usual patterns of English regular verbs. Other parts of the verb mdash; such as the… …
4List of English irregular verbs — This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. The citation form (the infinitive) comes first (with a link to the Wiktionary article on the verb), together with the present tense forms when they are different, then the preterite or… …
5Portuguese Irregular Verbs — is both the name of a book by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, and the name of a fictional book the seminal work on Romance philology and a lengthy book of some twelve hundred pages by the main character, Professor Dr Moritz Maria von… …
6Spanish irregular verbs — Spanish verbs are a complex area of Spanish grammar, with many combinations of tenses, aspects and moods (up to fifty conjugated forms per verb). While conjugation rules are relatively straightforward, a large number of verbs are irregular. Among …
7Irregular verb — In contrast to regular verbs, irregular verbs are those verbs that fall outside the standard patterns of conjugation in the languages in which they occur.When comparing languages, one measure often brought into play as one of the few quantitative …
8irregular — ir•reg•u•lar [[t]ɪˈrɛg yə lər[/t]] adj. 1) lacking symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern[/ex] 2) variable in timing or rhythm; erratic: irregular intervals[/ex] 3) not conforming to established rules, etiquette,… …
9irregular — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English irreguler, from Anglo French, from Late Latin irregularis not in accordance with rule, from Latin in + regularis regular Date: 14th century 1. a. not being or acting in accord with laws, rules, or… …
10irregular verb — verbs which do not conform to the usual pattern of formation or construction (Grammar) …
