Past tense of compare
regular verb
The past tense of compare is compared. The past participle is also compared.
Forms of compare
| Base form (V1) | compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | compared /kəmˈpɛɹd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | compared /kəmˈpɛɹd/ |
| Present participle | comparing /kəmˈpɛə.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | compares |
Compared in a sentence
- Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
- The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24
- There is just something so amazing about reading a physical book as compared to an e-book.From the entry physical
- King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.From the entry coronation
- There are some unique properties found in sign language compared to spoken language.From the entry sign language
Meaning of compare
- verb To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- verb To declare two things to be similar in some respect [“to compare X to Y”].
- verb To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
Questions about the past tense of compare
- What is the past tense of compare?
- The past tense of compare is compared.
- What is the past participle of compare?
- The past participle of compare is compared.
- Is compare a regular or irregular verb?
- Compare is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compare (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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