Past tense of beg
regular verb
The past tense of beg is begged. The past participle is also begged.
Forms of beg
| Base form (V1) | beg /ˈbɛɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | begged /bɛɡd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | begged /bɛɡd/ |
| Present participle | begging /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | begs /bɛɡz/ |
Begged in a sentence
- He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
- He begged her to go to the prom with him.
- He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.From the entry grin
- He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.From the entry forgiveness
- He griefed, spammed, begged to be an administrator and did many other nooby things.From the entry nooby
Meaning of beg
- verb To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- verb To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- verb To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
Questions about the past tense of beg
- What is the past tense of beg?
- The past tense of beg is begged.
- What is the past participle of beg?
- The past participle of beg is begged.
- Is beg a regular or irregular verb?
- Beg is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: beg (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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