ridden
- 01 B1 Intermediate
v.the form of 'ride' used with 'have' or 'has'.
v.the past participle of the irregular verb 'ride'.
Simple“She has ridden her bicycle to work every day this week.”
In context“Having ridden across the entire continent on a vintage motorcycle, he felt uniquely qualified to write about the changing landscape of the interior.”
PitfallI have rode a horse before. I have ridden a horse before.Use 'ridden' as the past participle with 'have'; 'rode' is the simple past form.
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.used in word combinations to show that something is full of a bad thing.
adj.used as a combining form to indicate being dominated, harassed, or plagued by the specified noun.
Simple“The old house was ghost-ridden and falling apart.”
In context“The politician's guilt-ridden conscience eventually led him to make a full public confession regarding the campaign finances.”
UsageAlways used as a suffix in compound adjectives like 'guilt-ridden' or 'disease-ridden'.
Morphologically ride + -en. See ride (verb).
Morphologically rid + -en. See rid.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.