to overrule — English conjugation

Frequency#10413Regular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Regular

The simple present describes habitual actions, general truths, and states. It is the most basic tense in English. For most verbs, add -s or -es for the third person singular (he, she, it).

She speaks three languages.

PronounEnglish
Ioverrule
youoverrule
he/she/itoverrules
weoverrule
you (pl.)overrule
theyoverrule

Past (Simple Past) Regular

The simple past describes completed actions at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs add -ed. There are around 200 common irregular verbs with unique past forms that must be learned individually.

She spoke to the manager yesterday.

PronounEnglish
Ioverruled
youoverruled
he/she/itoverruled
weoverruled
you (pl.)overruled
theyoverruled

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Regular

The present continuous describes actions happening right now or temporary situations. Formed with am/is/are + verb-ing. Also used for definite future arrangements.

She is speaking to a client at the moment.

PronounEnglish
Iam overruling
youare overruling
he/she/itis overruling
weare overruling
you (pl.)are overruling
theyare overruling

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Regular

The past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past, often interrupted by another event. Formed with was/were + verb-ing.

She was speaking when the fire alarm went off.

PronounEnglish
Iwas overruling
youwere overruling
he/she/itwas overruling
wewere overruling
you (pl.)were overruling
theywere overruling

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Regular

The present perfect connects the past to the present. It describes experiences, recent events, or situations that started in the past and continue now. Formed with have/has + past participle.

She has spoken at over fifty conferences.

PronounEnglish
Ihave overruled
youhave overruled
he/she/ithas overruled
wehave overruled
you (pl.)have overruled
theyhave overruled

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Regular

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past event — the past of the past. Formed with had + past participle. Always implies a reference point in the past.

She had spoken to him before the meeting started.

PronounEnglish
Ihad overruled
youhad overruled
he/she/ithad overruled
wehad overruled
you (pl.)had overruled
theyhad overruled

Future (will) (Future Simple) Regular

The future simple expresses predictions, spontaneous decisions, and promises. Formed with will + base infinitive. The contracted form will not = won't is very common in spoken English.

She will speak at the conference tomorrow.

PronounEnglish
Iwill overrule
youwill overrule
he/she/itwill overrule
wewill overrule
you (pl.)will overrule
theywill overrule

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Regular

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment. Formed with will be + verb-ing. Often used to describe planned or expected ongoing actions.

This time tomorrow she will be speaking to the board.

PronounEnglish
Iwill be overruling
youwill be overruling
he/she/itwill be overruling
wewill be overruling
you (pl.)will be overruling
theywill be overruling

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Regular

The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Formed with will have + past participle. Common with time expressions like by then, by the time.

By Friday she will have spoken to all the clients.

PronounEnglish
Iwill have overruled
youwill have overruled
he/she/itwill have overruled
wewill have overruled
you (pl.)will have overruled
theywill have overruled

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Regular

The conditional describes hypothetical situations and their results. Formed with would + base infinitive. Used in if-clauses, polite requests, and reported speech about future events.

She would speak more if she had the chance.

PronounEnglish
Iwould overrule
youwould overrule
he/she/itwould overrule
wewould overrule
you (pl.)would overrule
theywould overrule