Past tense of asterisk
regular verb
The past tense of asterisk is asterisked. The past participle is also asterisked.
Forms of asterisk
| Base form (V1) | asterisk /ˈæstəɹɪsk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | asterisked |
| Past participle (V3) | asterisked |
| Present participle | asterisking |
| Third person singular | asterisks |
Meaning of asterisk
- noun A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- noun The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.
- noun Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.
Questions about the past tense of asterisk
- What is the past tense of asterisk?
- The past tense of asterisk is asterisked.
- What is the past participle of asterisk?
- The past participle of asterisk is asterisked.
- Is asterisk a regular or irregular verb?
- Asterisk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: asterisk (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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