Past tense of arm
regular verb
The past tense of arm is armed. The past participle is also armed.
Forms of arm
| Base form (V1) | arm /ɑːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | armed /ɑɹmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | armed /ɑɹmd/ |
| Present participle | arming |
| Third person singular | arms /ɑɹmz/ |
Armed in a sentence
- The king armed his knights with swords and shields.
- I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.From the entry body
- The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.From the entry stop
- The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.From the entry altercation
- Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.From the entry seriously
Meaning of arm
- noun The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- noun The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- noun A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
Questions about the past tense of arm
- What is the past tense of arm?
- The past tense of arm is armed.
- What is the past participle of arm?
- The past participle of arm is armed.
- Is arm a regular or irregular verb?
- Arm is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arm (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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