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Past tense of avoid

regular verb

The past tense of avoid is avoided. The past participle is also avoided.

Forms of avoid

Base form (V1)avoid /əˈvɔɪd/
Past tense (V2)avoided /əˈvɔɪdɪd/
Past participle (V3)avoided /əˈvɔɪdɪd/
Present participleavoiding /əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/
Third person singularavoids /əˈvɔɪdz/

Avoided in a sentence

  • I avoided the slap easily.
  • One town was flooded from the storm, while the other town avoided the storm.
  • The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.From the entry early
  • I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.From the entry by
  • He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.From the entry chest

Meaning of avoid

  1. verb To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
  2. verb To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
  3. verb To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.

Full definition of avoid

Questions about the past tense of avoid

What is the past tense of avoid?
The past tense of avoid is avoided.
What is the past participle of avoid?
The past participle of avoid is avoided.
Is avoid a regular or irregular verb?
Avoid is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: avoid (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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