Past tense of age
regular verb
The past tense of age is aged. The past participle is also aged.
Forms of age
| Base form (V1) | age /eɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | aged /eɪdʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | aged /eɪdʒd/ |
| Present participle | aging /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | ages /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ |
Aged in a sentence
- He grew fat as he aged.
- His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
- I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.From the entry aged
- Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.From the entry aged
- This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.From the entry cave
Meaning of age
- noun The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes).
- noun The state of being old; the latter part of life.
- noun Any particular stage of life.
Questions about the past tense of age
- What is the past tense of age?
- The past tense of age is aged.
- What is the past participle of age?
- The past participle of age is aged.
- Is age a regular or irregular verb?
- Age is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: age (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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