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Past tense of code

regular verb

The past tense of code is coded. The past participle is also coded.

Forms of code

Base form (V1)code /kəʊd/
Past tense (V2)coded /ˈkəʊ.dəd/
Past participle (V3)coded /ˈkəʊ.dəd/
Present participlecoding /koʊdɪŋ/
Third person singularcodes /kəʊdz/

Coded in a sentence

  • The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5
  • Use the HTML validator to check that your web page is correctly coded.From the entry validator
  • Have a look at this cool website I coded up last night!From the entry code up
  • The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several codons.From the entry degenerate
  • This character is coded as autistic.From the entry coded

Meaning of code

  1. noun A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
  2. noun A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
  3. noun Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.

Full definition of code

Questions about the past tense of code

What is the past tense of code?
The past tense of code is coded.
What is the past participle of code?
The past participle of code is coded.
Is code a regular or irregular verb?
Code is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: code (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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