Past tense of aid
regular verb
The past tense of aid is aided. The past participle is also aided.
Forms of aid
| Base form (V1) | aid /eɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | aided /ˈeɪ.dɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | aided /ˈeɪ.dɪd/ |
| Present participle | aiding /ˈeɪ.dɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | aids /eɪdz/ |
Aided in a sentence
- Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2012
- Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal.1979, American Alpine Journal, page 193
- Knowing that I had inadvertently aided a killer, left me with a bad taste in my mouth.From the entry bad taste in one's mouth
- Obtaining recuperative rest is aided by quiet, not by having ambulance sirens go by every five minutes.From the entry recuperative
- Since respondents were asked specifically if they saw any of the company's ads in the aided awareness question, that score is higher than the one for unaided awareness.From the entry aided awareness
Meaning of aid
- noun Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- noun A helper; an assistant.
- noun Something which helps; a material source of help.
Questions about the past tense of aid
- What is the past tense of aid?
- The past tense of aid is aided.
- What is the past participle of aid?
- The past participle of aid is aided.
- Is aid a regular or irregular verb?
- Aid is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aid (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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