stick
Base form
stick
/stɪk/
Past simple
stuck
/stʌk/
Past participle
stuck
/stʌk/
MeaningB1
to fix something with glue, or get trapped
to stick to your guns
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Stick the stamp in the top right-hand corner.
- After a modal verb · Form 1We should stick together in this crowd.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Leo stuck a note on the fridge to remind us.
- Past simple · Form 2Last year we stuck to our budget for the first time.
- Passive · Form 3We were stuck in traffic on the motorway for two hours.
- Present perfect · Form 3Someone has stuck chewing gum under my desk again.
Watch out
I’m stuck (= I can’t move) uses stuck too: I am sticked in traffic → I am stuck in traffic.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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