spread
Base form
spread
/spred/
Past simple
spread
/spred/
Past participle
spread
/spred/
MeaningB1
to open something out, or cover a surface
to spread the word
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Could you spread the jam on the toast for me?
- Imperative · Form 1Spread the map out on the table so we can all see it.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week the news spread quickly around the whole village.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the fire spread from the kitchen to the rest of the house.
- Present perfect · Form 3The virus has spread to three more countries.
- Passive · Form 3The cost of the new sofa was spread over twelve months.
Watch out
Spread never changes and keeps its ea spelling, though it sounds /spred/, like bread: spred and spreaded are wrong.
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