Past tense of chant
regular verb
The past tense of chant is chanted. The past participle is also chanted.
Forms of chant
| Base form (V1) | chant /t͡ʃɑːnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chanted |
| Past participle (V3) | chanted |
| Present participle | chanting |
| Third person singular | chants |
Chanted in a sentence
- The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
- On their way to Parliament Square, the demonstrators chanted slogans, sang the Hungarian national anthem, and waved banners and Hungarian flags (minus the hated Communist emblem).2009, Leo J. Daugherty III, The Marine Corps and the State Department, page 116
- Calypso has, however, been linked to the kalinda, to which stick-fighters chanted and fought.2008, “Calypso”, in Richard M. Juang, Noelle Morrissette, Melissa Fullmer, editors, Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and…. From the entry chantwell
- The opposition members chanted slogans against the turncoats and termed the speaker’s attitude as partial.2005 June 10, Raja Riaz, The Nation, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2007. From the entry turncoat
- "You're not trying to bamboozle me, are you?" He smiled and chanted, "No sir!2001, Yan Martel, “Author's Note”, in The Life of Pi, →ISBN, page vii. From the entry bamboozlement
Meaning of chant
- verb To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- verb To sing or intone sacred text.
- verb To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
Questions about the past tense of chant
- What is the past tense of chant?
- The past tense of chant is chanted.
- What is the past participle of chant?
- The past participle of chant is chanted.
- Is chant a regular or irregular verb?
- Chant is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chant (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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