Past tense of budge
regular verb
The past tense of budge is budged. The past participle is also budged.
Forms of budge
| Base form (V1) | budge /bʌd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | budged /bʌd͡ʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | budged /bʌd͡ʒd/ |
| Present participle | budging /ˈbʌd͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | budges /ˈbʌd͡ʒɪz/ |
Budged in a sentence
- Women still make only 83 percent of what men do in the U.S.—a stat that has barely budged in the past 20 years.2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan
- “I’ll need pencils, preferably number twos,” I told Miss Rose, who, for some reason, had not budged.2015, Sheila Turnage, “Friday Night Miracle”, in The Odds of Getting Even, Kathy Dawson Books, →ISBN, page 234. From the entry number two
Meaning of budge
- verb To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
- verb To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- verb To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
Questions about the past tense of budge
- What is the past tense of budge?
- The past tense of budge is budged.
- What is the past participle of budge?
- The past participle of budge is budged.
- Is budge a regular or irregular verb?
- Budge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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