Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overturn
Participle: overturned
Gerund: overturning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overturn |
| you | overturn |
| he;she;it | overturns |
| we | overturn |
| you | overturn |
| they | overturn |
Perfect
| I | have overturned |
| you | have overturned |
| he;she;it | has overturned |
| we | have overturned |
| you | have overturned |
| they | have overturned |
Past
| I | overturned |
| you | overturned |
| he;she;it | overturned |
| we | overturned |
| you | overturned |
| they | overturned |
Pluperfect
| I | had overturned |
| you | had overturned |
| he;she;it | had overturned |
| we | had overturned |
| you | had overturned |
| they | had overturned |
Future
| I | will overturn |
| you | will overturn |
| he;she;it | will overturn |
| we | will overturn |
| you | will overturn |
| they | will overturn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overturned |
| you | will have overturned |
| he;she;it | will have overturned |
| we | will have overturned |
| you | will have overturned |
| they | will have overturned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overturn |
| you | overturn |
| he;she;it | overturn |
| we | overturn |
| you | overturn |
| they | overturn |
Perfect
| I | have overturned |
| you | have overturned |
| he;she;it | have overturned |
| we | have overturned |
| you | have overturned |
| they | have overturned |
Imperfect
| I | overturned |
| you | overturned |
| he;she;it | overturned |
| we | overturned |
| you | overturned |
| they | overturned |
Pluperfect
| I | had overturned |
| you | had overturned |
| he;she;it | had overturned |
| we | had overturned |
| you | had overturned |
| they | had overturned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overturn |
| you | would overturn |
| he;she;it | would overturn |
| we | would overturn |
| you | would overturn |
| they | would overturn |
Perfect
| I | would have overturned |
| you | would have overturned |
| he;she;it | would have overturned |
| we | would have overturned |
| you | would have overturned |
| they | would have overturned |
Imperative
| you | overturn |
| we | Let's overturn |
| you | overturn |
Verbs conjugated like 'overturn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overturn'
overburn,
overture,
overrun,
overtan,
overthin,
overtire,
overtry,
aventure,
beturn,
deturn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- overthrow
- conquer, destroy, overset, upset, vanquish
- upset
- upend, capsize, reverse, tip, invert, founder, upturn, topple
Antonyms
- overthrow
- reinstate, restore, revive, regenerate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, of a wheel, "to rotate, roll over," from over + turn (v.). Attested from c.1300 in general trans. sense "to throw over violently;" fig. meaning "to ruin, destroy" is from c.1374. Of judicial decisions, "to reverse," it is attested from 1969.
2. From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.
Sample Sentences
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[...] dive at the reins, but only succeeded in brushing the blazing palm-leaf afore-named into the horse's eyes, which by no means tended to allay the confusion of his nerves. So, with great vehemence, he overturned Sam, and, giving two or three contemptuous snorts, flourished his heels vigorously in the air, and was soon prancing away towards the lower end of the lawn, followed by Bill and Jerry, whom Andy had [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] man with the dark whiskers, who sits beyond her, only last month. They are going to settle in the very Far West, where he has lived four years, but where she has never been. They were both overturned in a stage-coach the other day (a bad omen anywhere else, where overturns are not so common ), and his head, which bears the marks of a recent wound, is bound up still. She was hurt too, at the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)