Past tense of bet
irregular verb
The past tense of bet is bet. The past participle is also bet.
Forms of bet
| Base form (V1) | bet /bɛt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bet /bɛt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bet /bɛt/ |
| Present participle | betting /ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bets /bɛts/ |
Meaning of bet
- noun A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
- noun A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports).
- noun Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
Verbs like bet
Questions about the past tense of bet
- What is the past tense of bet?
- The past tense of bet is bet.
- What is the past participle of bet?
- The past participle of bet is bet.
- Is bet a regular or irregular verb?
- Bet is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bet (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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