Past tense of border
regular verb
The past tense of border is bordered. The past participle is also bordered.
Forms of border
| Base form (V1) | border /ˈbɔə.də/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bordered |
| Past participle (V3) | bordered |
| Present participle | bordering |
| Third person singular | borders /ˈbɔː.dəz/ |
Bordered in a sentence
- His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.From the entry tardy
- For him astronomy was so great a passion it bordered on obsession.2023, You Cannot Kill the Root, Nathan Kuzack. From the entry astronut
- White truffles, Borgotaro mushrooms and stuffed tortellini bordered the fresh fish catch of the day.2019, Alan Paris, Filament II: Brighten the World, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry menu
- Ventrally the aperture is bordered by an incision, indicating the ventral attachment of the toothplate.2015, Vladimir Pokorný, John W. Neale, Principles of Zoological Micropalaeontology, →ISBN. From the entry toothplate
- She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee. From the entry muga
Meaning of border
- noun The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- noun The outer edge of something.
- noun A decorative strip around the edge of something.
Questions about the past tense of border
- What is the past tense of border?
- The past tense of border is bordered.
- What is the past participle of border?
- The past participle of border is bordered.
- Is border a regular or irregular verb?
- Border is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: border (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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