strike
Base form
strike
/straɪk/
Past simple
struck
/strʌk/
Past participle
struck
/strʌk/
MeaningB2
to hit hard, or stop work in protest
to strike while the iron is hot
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Teachers may strike again next month over pay.
- Negative · Form 1People say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice.
- Past simple · Form 2The clock struck midnight just as we arrived at the party.
- Past simple · Form 2Last year the storm struck the town without any warning.
- Passive · Form 3Two climbers were struck by lightning on the mountain on Sunday.
- Present perfect · Form 3Rail workers have struck four times since January.
Watch out
Struck is both forms, never striked: struck by lightning. Stricken lives on only in adjectives like grief-stricken.
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