Past tense of appraise
regular verb
The past tense of appraise is appraised. The past participle is also appraised.
Forms of appraise
| Base form (V1) | appraise /əˈpɹeɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | appraised /əˈpɹeɪzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | appraised /əˈpɹeɪzd/ |
| Present participle | appraising /əˈpɹeɪzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | appraises /əˈpɹeɪzɪz/ |
Appraised in a sentence
- At the end of the contract, you will be appraised by your line manager.
- The job specification leads to goalsetting, and goalsetting in its turn sets up the criteria whereby the teacher will be appraised.1991, C. D. Poster, Doreen Poster, Maurice Benington, Teacher appraisal: a guide to training. From the entry goal setting
- But who should judge the judges? (other judges probably), should their judgements be appraised? (probably not) and should the durations of their summing-ups be measured? (also probably not).2005, Colin Fisher, “Performance management and performing management”, in John Leopold, Lynette Harris, Tony Watson, editors, The…. From the entry summing-up
- Seldom has the asphyxiatory effect of analgesia alone been clearly demonstrated, nor have the asphyxiatory effects of anesthetics alone, such as nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform, been accurately appraised.1951, Texas State Journal of Medicine, volume 47, page 74. From the entry asphyxiatory
- If all life were appraised at the same value there would be a stampede of owners to safetify their shaftway doors, where 85% of all elevator fatalities occur.1916, “The Man is Dead! (Ad for Shur-Loc elevator safety)”, in The International Steam Engineer, page 65. From the entry safetify
Meaning of appraise
- verb To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
- verb To consider comprehensively.
- verb To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.
Questions about the past tense of appraise
- What is the past tense of appraise?
- The past tense of appraise is appraised.
- What is the past participle of appraise?
- The past participle of appraise is appraised.
- Is appraise a regular or irregular verb?
- Appraise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: appraise (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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