Past tense of award
regular verb
The past tense of award is awarded. The past participle is also awarded.
Forms of award
| Base form (V1) | award /əˈwɔːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | awarded |
| Past participle (V3) | awarded |
| Present participle | awarding |
| Third person singular | awards /əˈwɔːdz/ |
Awarded in a sentence
- Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Wales are awarded a free kick after a minor hack by Järvinen on Llewellyn.From the entry hack
- The Defense Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to GEN Martin Dempsey, USA.From the entry USA
- The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.From the entry cup
Meaning of award
- noun A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- noun The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- noun Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
Questions about the past tense of award
- What is the past tense of award?
- The past tense of award is awarded.
- What is the past participle of award?
- The past participle of award is awarded.
- Is award a regular or irregular verb?
- Award is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: award (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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