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Past tense of approach

regular verb

The past tense of approach is approached. The past participle is also approached.

Forms of approach

Base form (V1)approach /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/
Past tense (V2)approached /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃt/
Past participle (V3)approached /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃt/
Present participleapproaching /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
Third person singularapproaches /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃiz/

Approached in a sentence

  • She approached the door cautiously.
  • We were approached by a stranger asking for directions.
  • The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.From the entry draw
  • Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory.From the entry space
  • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.From the entry evacuate

Meaning of approach

  1. verb To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
  2. verb To play an approach shot.
  3. verb Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.

Full definition of approach

Questions about the past tense of approach

What is the past tense of approach?
The past tense of approach is approached.
What is the past participle of approach?
The past participle of approach is approached.
Is approach a regular or irregular verb?
Approach is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: approach (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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