Past tense of air
regular verb
The past tense of air is aired. The past participle is also aired.
Forms of air
| Base form (V1) | air /ˈɛə̯/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | aired /ɛəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | aired /ɛəd/ |
| Present participle | airing /ˈɛəɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | airs /ɛəz/ |
Aired in a sentence
- John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval.2010 February 11, Rosie Swash, “John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview”, in The Guardian
- This game show first aired in the 1990s and is still going today.
- The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.From the entry opposite
- While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.From the entry i.e.
- Trump has been a legitimate news figure and, thus, what he had to say should be aired.2020 December 31, Kara Swisher, “Goodbye, Twitter Trump! And Other Predictions for 2021”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry flagitious
Meaning of air
- noun The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- noun The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- noun One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Questions about the past tense of air
- What is the past tense of air?
- The past tense of air is aired.
- What is the past participle of air?
- The past participle of air is aired.
- Is air a regular or irregular verb?
- Air is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: air (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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