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Past tense of condense

regular verb

The past tense of condense is condensed. The past participle is also condensed.

Forms of condense

Base form (V1)condense /kənˈdɛns/
Past tense (V2)condensed
Past participle (V3)condensed
Present participlecondensing
Third person singularcondenses

Condensed in a sentence

  • An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
  • The company's line of condensed soups offers various cream soups, including cream of celery, cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, and others.From the entry cream soup
  • I had the cafe con leche ($5.50), a smooth espresso with steamed and condensed milk.2024 July 10, Kayla Samoy, “New to the scene”, in Chicago Tribune, 177th year, number 192, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5 (Food &…. From the entry cafe con leche
  • From that fiery cloud of all-Theia and part-Earth, the scenario goes, our moon soon condensed.2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal…. From the entry Theia
  • She dollops porridge into a bowl and trickles condensed milk over the top.2012, Ruth Saberton, Amber Scott is Starting Over, London: Orion, →ISBN. From the entry dollop

Meaning of condense

  1. verb To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
  2. verb To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
  3. verb To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

Full definition of condense

Questions about the past tense of condense

What is the past tense of condense?
The past tense of condense is condensed.
What is the past participle of condense?
The past participle of condense is condensed.
Is condense a regular or irregular verb?
Condense is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: condense (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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