beset
Base form
beset
/bɪˈset/
Past simple
beset
/bɪˈset/
Past participle
beset
/bɪˈset/
MeaningC1
to affect someone or something badly, causing a lot of problems
to be beset on all sides by problems
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Problems like these can beset any new business.
- Negative · Form 1Doubts like these didn’t beset her for long.
- Past simple · Form 2Last year floods beset the region for months.
- Past simple · Form 2In the 1990s money problems beset the club.
- Passive · Form 3The trip was beset by delays from the start.
- Past perfect · Form 3Injuries had beset the team all season.
Watch out
Beset never changes, like set: the trip was beset by delays. Besetted and besat are wrong.
Same pattern
A — A — AAll three forms are the same
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