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sweetensweeten /ˈswit˺n/ (also sweeten up) verb VERB TABLEsweeten |
| Present | I, you, we, they | sweeten | | he, she, it | sweetens | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sweetened | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sweetened | | he, she, it | has sweetened | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sweetened | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sweeten | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sweetened |
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| Present | I | am sweetening | | he, she, it | is sweetening | | you, we, they | are sweetening | | Past | I, he, she, it | was sweetening | | you, we, they | were sweetening | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sweetening | | he, she, it | has been sweetening | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sweetening | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sweetening | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sweetening |
► sweeten the pot (=make a business offer more attractive) 1[intransitive, transitive] to make something sweeter, or become sweeter: Sweeten the sauce with honey.2[transitive] informal to make an offer or deal better by giving something more: They offered a cash bonus to sweeten the deal.sweeten the pot (=make a business offer more attractive)3[transitive] literary to make someone kinder, gentler, etc. |