Overcome past tense! The verb overcome is a compound verb, i.e., a combination of two words (preposition + verb). It is an irregular verb. The past tense or V2 of overcome is ‘overcame, and the past participle or V3 is overcome. In this blog post, you’ll explore the forms of overcome V1, V2 & V3 with examples conjugation.
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Forms of Overcome (Overcome Past Tense and Past Participle)
Present Form/V1 | Past Form/V2 | Past Participle/V3 | Present Participle/Ing Form |
overcome | Overcame | Overcome | Overcoming |

Verb Overcome Conjugation Active Voice
Overcome Simple Present
Structure: Subject + Overcome First Form
- I/We overcome
- He/She/It overcomes
- You/They overcome
Overcome Simple Past Tense
Structure: Subject + Overcome Second Form
- I/We overcame
- He/She/It overcame
- You/They overcame
Overcome Simple Future Tense
Structure: Subject + Will + Overcome First Form
- I/We will overcome
- He/She/It will overcome
- You/They will overcome
Present Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject + is/am/are + Overcome-ing form
- I am + present participle of overcome
- He/She/It is + present participle of overcome
- We/You/They are + present participle of overcome
Past Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject + was/were + Overcome-ing form
- I was overcoming
- He/She/It was overcoming
- We/You/They were overcoming
Future Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject + will be + Overcome-ing form
- I/We will be overcoming
- He/She/It will be overcoming
- You/They will be overcoming
Overcome Present Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject + have/has + Overcome past participle
- I/We have overcome
- He/She/It has overcome
- You/They have overcome
Overcome Past Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject + have/has Overcome past participle
- I/We had overcome
- He/She/It had overcome
- You/They had overcome
Overcome Future Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject + will have + Overcome past participle
- I/We will have overcome
- He/She/It will have overcome
- You/They will have overcome
Present Perfect Continuous
Structure: Subject + have been + Overcome-ing form
- I/We have been overcoming
- He/She/It has been overcoming
- You/They have been overcoming
Past Perfect Continuous
Structure: Subject + had been + Overcome-ing form
- I/We had been overcoming
- He/She/It had been overcoming
- You/They had been overcoming
Future Perfect Continuous
Structure: Subject + will have been + Overcome-ing form
- I/We will have been overcoming
- He/She/It will have been overcoming
- You/They will have been overcoming
Verb Overcome Conjugation Passive Voice
Simple Present
- I am overcome
- He/She/It is overcome
- We/You/They are overcome
Past Simple
- I was overcome
- He/She/It was overcome
- We/You/They were overcome
Simple Future
- I/We will be overcome
- He/She/It will be overcome
- You/They will be overcome
Present Continuous
- I am being overcome
- He/She/It is being overcome
- We/You/They are being overcome
Past Continuous
- I was being overcome
- He/She/It was being overcome
- We/You/They were being overcome
Present Perfect
- I/We have been overcome
- He/She/It has overcome
- You/They have overcome
Past Perfect
- I/We had been overcome
- He/She/It had overcome
- You/They had overcome
Future Perfect
- I/We will have been overcome
- He/She/It will have overcome
- You/They will have overcome