Past tense of build
irregular verb
The past tense of build is built. The past participle is also built.
Forms of build
| Base form (V1) | build /bɪld/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | built /ˈbɪlt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | built /ˈbɪlt/ |
| Present participle | building /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | builds /bɪldz/ |
Built in a sentence
- I built a shed in my backyard.
- A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.From the entry moon
- Since I started doing squats, I've built up some serious cake.From the entry cake
- He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.From the entry far
Meaning of build
- verb To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- verb To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
- verb To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to it.
Verbs like build
Questions about the past tense of build
- What is the past tense of build?
- The past tense of build is built.
- What is the past participle of build?
- The past participle of build is built.
- Is build a regular or irregular verb?
- Build is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: build (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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