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verb · irregular · intransitive · common

ab

ab · abs · abbed · abbing

To abseilTo abseil.

Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

/æb/

Meaning

1 senses

(informal)To abseil.

Origin

Abbreviations.

Abbreviations.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

abs, abbing, abbed, abbed

irregular

Base form	ab · to ab
3rd person singular	abs
Present participle	abbing
Past simple	abbed
Past participle	abbed

Tenses

ab · abbed · will ab · have abbed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	ab
he, she, it	abs

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have abbed
he, she, it	has abbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will ab

Past simpleLesson

all persons

abbed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

aA1 aardvark aarti aback abacus abaft

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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