Past tense of cheapen
regular verb
The past tense of cheapen is cheapened. The past participle is also cheapened.
Forms of cheapen
| Base form (V1) | cheapen /ˈtʃiːpən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cheapened |
| Past participle (V3) | cheapened |
| Present participle | cheapening |
| Third person singular | cheapens |
Cheapened in a sentence
- As a result, spirituality has been hucksterized, if you will, and in the eyes of many, cheapened.2004, Robert K. C. Forman, Grassroots Spirituality, page 106. From the entry hucksterize
Meaning of cheapen
- verb To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.
- verb To make vulgar.
- verb To become cheaper.
Questions about the past tense of cheapen
- What is the past tense of cheapen?
- The past tense of cheapen is cheapened.
- What is the past participle of cheapen?
- The past participle of cheapen is cheapened.
- Is cheapen a regular or irregular verb?
- Cheapen is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cheapen (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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