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slept

American  
[slept] / slɛpt /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sleep.

slept British  
/ slɛpt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of sleep

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Other Word Forms

  • underslept adjective

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It also reflects how deeply and continuously you believe you slept.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

After the quake, thousands of people whose homes had been made uninhabitable or who feared aftershocks slept out for weeks by the moat, but it is once again the preserve of morning joggers and sightseers.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Aged 19 back in 2001, for six months he slept wherever he could in Minneapolis.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

On the nights I slept over, he’d bring me matcha lattes in the morning casually like it was no big deal, and every single time, I felt like I’d won an Academy Award.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

None of us slept, we just sat there watching him, hoping the fever would leave him, longing for the doctor to come.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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