Past tense of boycott
regular verb
The past tense of boycott is boycotted. The past participle is also boycotted.
Forms of boycott
| Base form (V1) | boycott /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | boycotted |
| Past participle (V3) | boycotted |
| Present participle | boycotting |
| Third person singular | boycotts |
Boycotted in a sentence
- Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers.1998 July 3, James Brooke, “Anti-Government Freemen Are Found Guilty of Fraud”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Aug 2012
- Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely.1948 March 9 [1948 March 8], “U.N. Officials Fight Korea Voting Plan”, in The Washington Post, number 26,199, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2. From the entry North Korea
Meaning of boycott
- verb To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
- noun The act of boycotting.
Questions about the past tense of boycott
- What is the past tense of boycott?
- The past tense of boycott is boycotted.
- What is the past participle of boycott?
- The past participle of boycott is boycotted.
- Is boycott a regular or irregular verb?
- Boycott is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boycott (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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