Past tense of book
regular verb
The past tense of book is booked. The past participle is also booked.
Forms of book
| Base form (V1) | book /bʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | booked /bʊkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | booked /bʊkt/ |
| Present participle | booking /ˈbʊkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | books /bʊks/ |
Booked in a sentence
- I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68
- They booked that message from the hill.
- The room was double booked for a convention and a wedding in the same night.From the entry double booked
- I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris.From the entry accommodation
- We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.From the entry lane
Meaning of book
- noun A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- noun A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- noun A major division of a long work.
Questions about the past tense of book
- What is the past tense of book?
- The past tense of book is booked.
- What is the past participle of book?
- The past participle of book is booked.
- Is book a regular or irregular verb?
- Book is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: book (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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