Past tense of battle
regular verb
The past tense of battle is battled. The past participle is also battled.
Forms of battle
| Base form (V1) | battle /ˈbætl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | battled |
| Past participle (V3) | battled |
| Present participle | battling |
| Third person singular | battles /ˈbætl̩z/ |
Battled in a sentence
- The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.From the entry hegemony
- This is how I fought alongside my friends when we battled in Illios and Mederlana.2012 September 27, Nikki Dorakis, The Dread Wolf: Book 2 : The Hand of Justice, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 403. From the entry cuirboille
- Some 50 firefighters, 10 tankers and waterbombers battled the grass and scrub blaze, which began about 12.30pm.2009 February 28, Anthony Dowsley, Jane Metlikovec, “Relief for Victorians as weather fails to hit extremes”, in Herald Sun, archived from…. From the entry waterbomber
- Three nights later featherweight Honeyboy Finnegan battled Andre Routis in a boxing match.2005, Alan E. Foulds, Boston's Ballparks & Arenas, UPNE, →ISBN, page 88. From the entry Honeyboy
- Crèspy's patois and Midi twang battled for meaning against my stonewall classroom phrases.1985, Richard Holmes, chapter 1, in Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN; republished London…. From the entry stonewall
Meaning of battle
- noun A contest, a struggle.
- noun A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
- noun A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
Questions about the past tense of battle
- What is the past tense of battle?
- The past tense of battle is battled.
- What is the past participle of battle?
- The past participle of battle is battled.
- Is battle a regular or irregular verb?
- Battle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: battle (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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