Past tense of circle
regular verb
The past tense of circle is circled. The past participle is also circled.
Forms of circle
| Base form (V1) | circle /ˈsɜɹkəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | circled /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kəld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | circled /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kəld/ |
| Present participle | circling |
| Third person singular | circles /ˈsɝkl̩z/ |
Circled in a sentence
- The wolves circled the herd of deer.
- The lightbulb circled the patio in light.
- TThe Egyptian goose (circled) was spotted in a scoop of pelicans.2023 January 9, Himanshu Kaushik, “Rare sighting”, in The Times of India. From the entry scoop
- “Sorcery, Magicianry, and Witchcraft.” She circled each word in the light.2023, Jessica K. Schneider, The Shifter’s Oath: Darkling Chronicles, Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry magicianry
- Skinny militia fighters with canisters on their backs had circled the compound.2016 July, James Abel, Cold Silence (A Joe Rush Novel), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry bonfire
Meaning of circle
- noun A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- noun A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- noun The orbit of an astronomical body.
Questions about the past tense of circle
- What is the past tense of circle?
- The past tense of circle is circled.
- What is the past participle of circle?
- The past participle of circle is circled.
- Is circle a regular or irregular verb?
- Circle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: circle (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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