Past tense of collar
regular verb
The past tense of collar is collared. The past participle is also collared.
Forms of collar
| Base form (V1) | collar /ˈkɒlə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | collared /ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)d/ |
| Past participle (V3) | collared /ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)d/ |
| Present participle | collaring |
| Third person singular | collars |
Collared in a sentence
- Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school.2025 May 15, “Europe’s free-speech problem”, in The Economist
- Or be found out, collared by the house detective as an interloper unworthy of the surroundings.2005 April 24, Denis Horgan, “The scene of the South”, in Spartanburg Herald-Journal, US, retrieved 06 Feb 2010. From the entry house detective
- This cat—my daughter's cat and my grandcat—arrived here weeks ago, caged and collared and thoroughly citified.2004, Ellen Goodman, “A Sense of Place”, in Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry grandcat
- We each wore blue sweaters over collared shirts.2016, Ian Scheffler, “Proof”, in Cracking the Cube: Going Slow to Go Fast and Other Unexpected Turns in the World of Competitive Rubik’s…. From the entry duotone
- On top it's a dry cactused area inhabited by typical upper desert creatures such as kangaroo rats and collared lizards.1977, Jack Couffer, Mike Couffer, Canyon Summer, Putnam, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry cactused
Meaning of collar
- noun The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- noun A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- noun A chain worn around the neck.
Questions about the past tense of collar
- What is the past tense of collar?
- The past tense of collar is collared.
- What is the past participle of collar?
- The past participle of collar is collared.
- Is collar a regular or irregular verb?
- Collar is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: collar (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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