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I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
David Walliams

Meaning of "swum" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWUM

swum  [swʌm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swum is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb swum in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SWUM

PRESENT

Present
I swim
you swim
he/she/it swims
we swim
you swim
they swim
Present continuous
I am swimming
you are swimming
he/she/it is swimming
we are swimming
you are swimming
they are swimming
Present perfect
I have swum
you have swum
he/she/it has swum
we have swum
you have swum
they have swum
Present perfect continuous
I have been swimming
you have been swimming
he/she/it has been swimming
we have been swimming
you have been swimming
they have been swimming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I swam
you swam
he/she/it swam
we swam
you swam
they swam
Past continuous
I was swimming
you were swimming
he/she/it was swimming
we were swimming
you were swimming
they were swimming
Past perfect
I had swum
you had swum
he/she/it had swum
we had swum
you had swum
they had swum
Past perfect continuous
I had been swimming
you had been swimming
he/she/it had been swimming
we had been swimming
you had been swimming
they had been swimming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will swim
you will swim
he/she/it will swim
we will swim
you will swim
they will swim
Future continuous
I will be swimming
you will be swimming
he/she/it will be swimming
we will be swimming
you will be swimming
they will be swimming
Future perfect
I will have swum
you will have swum
he/she/it will have swum
we will have swum
you will have swum
they will have swum
Future perfect continuous
I will have been swimming
you will have been swimming
he/she/it will have been swimming
we will have been swimming
you will have been swimming
they will have been swimming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would swum
you would swum
he/she/it would swum
we would swum
you would swum
they would swum
Conditional continuous
I would be swimming
you would be swimming
he/she/it would be swimming
we would be swimming
you would be swimming
they would be swimming
Conditional perfect
I would have swum
you would have swum
he/she/it would have swum
we would have swum
you would have swum
they would have swum
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been swimming
you would have been swimming
he/she/it would have been swimming
we would have been swimming
you would have been swimming
they would have been swimming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you swim
we let´s swim
you swim
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to swim
Past participle
swum
Present Participle
swimming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWUM

swordsmen
swordstick
swordswoman
swordswomen
swordtail
swore
sworn
swot
swotted
swotter
swottier
swottiest
swotting
swotty
swound
swounds
swozzle
swung
swung dash
swy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWUM

album
aluminium
aluminum
at a premium
Belgium
centrum
cum
datum
forum
hum
maximum
medium
minimum
museum
petroleum
platinum
premium
stadium
sum
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Synonyms and antonyms of swum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SWUM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swum» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of swum
bathe · dip · dive · paddle · plunge · reel · revolve · spin · swirl · twirl · whirl

Translation of «swum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWUM

Find out the translation of swum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

真好啊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nadado
570 millions of speakers

English

swum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

swum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سبح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проплываемое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nadado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

swum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nagé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berenang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geschwommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

泳いだ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

swum과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

swum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

swum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्विम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yapılırsa yapılsın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nuotato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozgrywany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пропливає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înotat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κολυμπήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geswem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

simmat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svømt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swum

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWUM»

The term «swum» is regularly used and occupies the 107.621 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «swum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «swum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swum

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «SWUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swum.
1
David Walliams
I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWUM»

Discover the use of swum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Grammar And Exercises 3
... We have not swum You have not swum They have not swum QUESTIONS Have I swum? Have you swum ? Has he swum ? Has she swum ? Has it swum ? Have we swum ? Have you swum? Have they swum ? have and has are Helping  ...
Chapman L.R.H., 1967
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Young Reader Guide to English Grammar
(B). Passive. Voice. 5. Indicative. Mood. Present Tense Singular Plural 1. I am swum 1.We are swum 2. You are swum 2. You are swum 3. He/she/it is swum He/ she/it wasswum 3. They were swum Future Tense Singular 1. I shall be swum ...
Bessie Brooks, 2012
3
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I swim have swum swam had swum you swim have swum swam had swum he/she /it swims has swum swam had swum we swim have swum swam had swum ...
TZ-one, 2013
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Verbtabellen Englisch
swim. [swrm]. schwimmen. would have swum would have swum would have swum would have swum would have swum take [teIk] nehmen Present Present Present Present perfect Present perfect. Present continuous am swimming are ...
Georgina Hodge, 2012
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Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers
Present présent Present continuous présent continu Present perfect passé composé  I swim  I am swimming  Ihave swum  You swim  You are swimming  You have swum  He swims  He is swimming  He has swum  We swim ...
pierre elemento
6
chineses for the english - speaking student
Noun After Verb Phrase aff- Is the Object For example: y$ 7 -E.ESMUMi tou (They have swum for three or four hours). In the sentence, >jf 7 (have swum for) is a verb phrase. The noun $£ tou with modifier £L CM® after the verb phrase x^J is ...
7
Chinese For the English-Speaking Student
Noun After Verb Phrase a£ Is the Object For example: ^7 -=-Ч31Ш& tou (They have swum for three or four hours). In the sentence, jfy 7 (have swum for) is a verb phrase. The noun ^ tóu with modifier £.CHS after the verb phrase ijf 7 is the object ...
Show-chih Rai Chu, Xiuzhi Rui Chu, 1973
8
Witchcraft, Magic and Culture, 1736-1951
In 1660 Widow Robinson, her two daughters, and another man were taken from Worcester gaol to be swum in the River Severn. In 1699 the Rev. James Boys allowed a witch to be swum several times on different dates. A rather unusual case ...
Owen Davies, 1999
9
Tarzan and Jane's Guide to Grammar
"Well, I could say I have swum, I had swum, I shall have swum, or I would have swum. " "Yikes. What do you call those tenses?" "Do you really expect me to remember that? I haven't thought about that since my high school English class.
Mark Phillips, 2005
10
a practical guide for modern english
Have I Have You Has he Has she Has it Have we Have you Have they swum? Yes, I have, swum? Yes, you have, swum? Yes, he has. swum? Yes, she has. swum? Yes, it has. swum? Yes, we have, swum? Yes, you have, swum? Yes, they ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swum is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Humpback Whale Has Swum Entangled Near Nova Scotia For At …
Rescuers are trying to free a humpback whale that has been swimming entangled in rope in Maritime waters for at least five days. The humpback was first ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
2
Seine River Pollution: 2024 Olympic Triathlon Can Be Swum In …
The mayor of Paris proposed that one leg of the the triathlon for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games be held in the Seine River, which is currently heavily polluted. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
3
3 Reasons Why 100 IM Should Not Be Swum At NCAA …
Let it be swum at the conference championships, and even some dual meets, if the time allows. But keeping it away from the NCAA championships would be the ... «Swimming World Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Abandoned refugees are rescued from the sea near Malaysia and …
Migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been rescued or swum to shore in Malaysia and Indonesia, authorities said, warning that still more desperate ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
5
I've swum with whales and stingrays: Bhakti Sharma
While girls her age might think of dates, makeup and shopping, 25-year-old Bhakti Sharma's got ice and dangerous marine life on her mind, having swum in the ... «Mid-Day, May 15»
6
Forrest Gump-style run finishes epic triathlon for man who has …
Then I was looking for another challenge and discovered that no one had swum from Land's End to John O'Groats, so I gave it a go and it's probably the hardest ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
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67-year-old 'Fit Nation' contestant shows you're never too old to …
Linda Garrett had never swum a lap or ridden a racing bike. She decided to make a radical change in her life to “fight inertia.” ( Chanda Jones / Staff ... «Philly.com, Mar 15»
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2015 US Winter Nationals will be swum in long course meters
Earlier today, USA Swimming confirmed that the 2015 version of U.S. Winter Nationals will be conducted in long course meters rather than the traditional short ... «SwimSwam, Mar 15»
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Is This a Record? How Far Up the Eel Has a Seal Swum?
Not far from the Scotia Bridge, a seal gives watchers a skeptical look. [Photo by Alyza Elway]. In the interest of science, LoCO has to know … How far up the Eel ... «Lost Coast Outpost, Feb 15»
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Cole Classic: ocean veteran Bruce Macarthur has swum every Cole …
Since then, Mr Macarthur has swum up two kilometres a day, most days of the week, at Bondi Beach in preparation for the event. Nearly 32 years on, it is the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»

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