Past tense of comment
regular verb
The past tense of comment is commented. The past participle is also commented.
Forms of comment
| Base form (V1) | comment /ˈkɒmɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | commented /ˈkɑmɛntɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | commented /ˈkɑmɛntɪd/ |
| Present participle | commenting |
| Third person singular | comments /ˈkɑmɛnts/ |
Commented in a sentence
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.From the entry detectable
- A number of people have commented on it.From the entry a number of
- In his post-race interview Lando even commented that they were super quick yst and caught him out.2025 June 3, SamSLS, “Tracking 5 Lights to Lights Out Timing Each Race”, in r/formula1 (Reddit post), archived from the original on 01 Aug…. From the entry yst
Meaning of comment
- noun A spoken or written remark.
- noun The act of commenting.
- noun The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
Questions about the past tense of comment
- What is the past tense of comment?
- The past tense of comment is commented.
- What is the past participle of comment?
- The past participle of comment is commented.
- Is comment a regular or irregular verb?
- Comment is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comment (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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