Past tense of cement
regular verb
The past tense of cement is cemented. The past participle is also cemented.
Forms of cement
| Base form (V1) | cement /səˈmɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cemented |
| Past participle (V3) | cemented |
| Present participle | cementing |
| Third person singular | cements |
Cemented in a sentence
- I think that you have cemented that we'll be friends to the day we die.2024 February 15, Fani Willis, 38:21 from the start, in See Fani Willis' entire defiant testimony in stunning courtroom moment, MSNBC...
- The middle part is a limesand consisting of 15-25% recognisable shell fragments cemented by aragonite.1968, Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Transactions. From the entry limesand
- Where nature has cemented the oil-bearing zones with limestone, the acidizer may be called on.1965, Max Waite Ball, Douglas Ball, Daniel S. Turner, This Fascinating Oil Business, page 14. From the entry acidizer
- To the center of the membrane is cemented a small thin mirror.1902, George Milton Hopkins, Experimental science. From the entry opeidoscope
- Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail.2024 November 22, Adeshola Ore, Kate Lamb, “Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What…. From the entry tubing
Meaning of cement
- noun A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
- noun The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
- noun Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
Questions about the past tense of cement
- What is the past tense of cement?
- The past tense of cement is cemented.
- What is the past participle of cement?
- The past participle of cement is cemented.
- Is cement a regular or irregular verb?
- Cement is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cement (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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