Past tense of ally
regular verb
The past tense of ally is allied. The past participle is also allied.
Forms of ally
| Base form (V1) | ally /ˈæl.aɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | allied /əˈlaɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | allied /əˈlaɪd/ |
| Present participle | allying |
| Third person singular | allies /ˈælaɪz/ |
Allied in a sentence
- The two countries became allied during the war.From the entry allied
- Their companies are allied in a joint venture.From the entry allied
- He felt allied with her in the fight for justice.From the entry allied
- The US joins the first world war and supplies allied forces with oil.2017 November 12, Jie Jenny Zou, “How big oil is tightening its grip on Donald Trump's White House”, in The Guardian. From the entry nationalise
- Allied might be upstaged by the gossip, and become best known for something other than itself.2016 November 7, Peter Bradshaw, “Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip”, in The Guardian. From the entry jujitsu
Meaning of ally
- verb To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- verb Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
- verb To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
Questions about the past tense of ally
- What is the past tense of ally?
- The past tense of ally is allied.
- What is the past participle of ally?
- The past participle of ally is allied.
- Is ally a regular or irregular verb?
- Ally is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ally (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.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of ally.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/ally. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.