Verb to beat

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to beat

Imperative
beat
let's beat
beat

Present Participle
beating

Past Participle
beaten

Indicative:

Present

I beat
you beat
he/she/it beats
we beat
you beat
they beat

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

I am beating
you are beating
he/she/it is beating
we are beating
you are beating
they are beating

Present perfect

I have beaten
you have beaten
he/she/it has beaten
we have beaten
you have beaten
they have beaten

Future

I will beat
you will beat
he/she/it will beat
we will beat
you will beat
they will beat

Future Perfect

I will have beaten
you will have beaten
he/she/it will have beaten
we will have beaten
you will have beaten
they will have beaten

Past continuous

I was beating
you were beating
he/she/it was beating
we were beating
you were beating
they were beating

Past perfect

I had beaten
you had beaten
he/she/it had beaten
we had beaten
you had beaten
they had beaten

Future continuous

I will be beating
you will be beating
he/she/it will be beating
we will be beating
you will be beating
they will be beating

Present perfect continuous

I have been beating
you have been beating
he/she/it has been beating
we have been beating
you have been beating
they have been beating

Past perfect continuous

I had been beating
you had been beating
he/she/it had been beating
we had been beating
you had been beating
they had been beating

Future perfect continuous

I will have been beating
you will have been beating
he/she/it will have been beating
we will have been beating
you will have been beating
they will have been beating

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to beat

Imperative
do not beat
let's not beat
do not beat

Present Participle
not beating

Past Participle
not beaten

Present

I do not beat
you do not beat
he/she/it does not beat
we do not beat
you do not beat
they do not beat

Past

I did not beat
you did not beat
he/she/it did not beat
we did not beat
you did not beat
they did not beat

Present continuous

I am not beating
you are not beating
he/she/it is not beating
we are not beating
you are not beating
they are not beating

Present perfect

I have not beaten
you have not beaten
he/she/it has not beaten
we have not beaten
you have not beaten
they have not beaten

Future

I will not beat
you will not beat
he/she/it will not beat
we will not beat
you will not beat
they will not beat

Future Perfect

I will not have beaten
you will not have beaten
he/she/it will not have beaten
we will not have beaten
you will not have beaten
they will not have beaten

Past continuous

I was not beating
you were not beating
he/she/it was not beating
we were not beating
you were not beating
they were not beating

Past perfect

I had not beaten
you had not beaten
he/she/it had not beaten
we had not beaten
you had not beaten
they had not beaten

Future continuous

I will not be beating
you will not be beating
he/she/it will not be beating
we will not be beating
you will not be beating
they will not be beating

Present perfect continuous

I have not been beating
you have not been beating
he/she/it has not been beating
we have not been beating
you have not been beating
they have not been beating

Past perfect continuous

I had not been beating
you had not been beating
he/she/it had not been beating
we had not been beating
you had not been beating
they had not been beating

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been beating
you will not have been beating
he/she/it will not have been beating
we will not have been beating
you will not have been beating
they will not have been beating

Indicative:

Present

do I beat ?
do you beat ?
does he/she/it beat ?
do we beat ?
do you beat ?
do they beat ?

Past

did I beat ?
did you beat ?
did he/she/it beat ?
did we beat ?
did you beat ?
did they beat ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I beating ?
are you beating ?
is he/she/it beating ?
are we beating ?
are you beating ?
are they beating ?

Present perfect

have I beaten ?
have you beaten ?
has he/she/it beaten ?
have we beaten ?
have you beaten ?
have they beaten ?

Future

will I beat ?
will you beat ?
will he/she/it beat ?
will we beat ?
will you beat ?
will they beat ?

Future Perfect

will I have beaten ?
will you have beaten ?
will he/she/it have beaten ?
will we have beaten ?
will you have beaten ?
will they have beaten ?

Past continuous

was I beating ?
were you beating ?
was he/she/it beating ?
were we beating ?
were you beating ?
were they beating ?

Past perfect

had I beaten ?
had you beaten ?
had he/she/it beaten ?
had we beaten ?
had you beaten ?
had they beaten ?

Future continuous

will I be beating ?
will you be beating ?
will he/she/it be beating ?
will we be beating ?
will you be beating ?
will they be beating ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been beating ?
have you been beating ?
has he/she/it been beating ?
have we been beating ?
have you been beating ?
have they been beating ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been beating ?
had you been beating ?
had he/she/it been beating ?
had we been beating ?
had you been beating ?
had they been beating ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been beating ?
will you have been beating ?
will he/she/it have been beating ?
will we have been beating ?
will you have been beating ?
will they have been beating ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: beat a retreat, beat about, beat around the bush, beat back, beat down, more ...

Definitions:

- Wear out completely
- Be a mystery or bewildering to
- Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- Beat through cleverness and wit
- Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- Hit repeatedly
- Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- Stir vigorously
- Shape by beating
- Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- Make by pounding or trampling
- Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- Move rhythmically
- Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- Sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- Move with a flapping motion
- Move with a thrashing motion
- Glare or strike with great intensity
- Make a rhythmic sound
- Make a sound like a clock or a timer
- Avoid paying
- Be superior

Examples:

- He was all washed up after the exam
- This question really stuck me
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
- She outfoxed her competitors
- The teacher used to beat the students
- Beat the table with his shoe
- Beat one's foot rhythmically
- Beat the cream
- Beat swords into ploughshares
- Beat the drum
- Beat a path through the forest
- The city pulsated with music and excitement
- Her heart was beating fast
- Beat the rhythm
- The boat beat in the strong wind
- The bird's wings were flapping
- The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
- The sun was beating down on us
- The drums beat all night
- The grandfather clock beat midnight
- Beat the subway fare
- This sure beats work!

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Indicative:

Present

Past

Compound Forms

Past Participle

Indicative

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

Basic Forms

Present

Past

Past Participle

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

Indicative:

Present

Past

Indicative

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

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