Past tense of conserve
regular verb
The past tense of conserve is conserved. The past participle is also conserved.
Forms of conserve
| Base form (V1) | conserve /ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | conserved |
| Past participle (V3) | conserved |
| Present participle | conserving |
| Third person singular | conserves |
Conserved in a sentence
- This hybrid automobile saves a lot of money from conserved gasoline.From the entry conserved
- This rare and possibly unique specimen must be conserved.From the entry possibly
- When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.From the entry collide
- These results implicate an evolutionarily conserved pathway integrating metabolic information with bioamine signaling affecting feeding behavior.2015 September 17, “Quantitative Genetics of Food Intake in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry bioamine
- The conserved pantetheinylated serine residues are indicated by the open triangle.2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”…. From the entry pantetheinylated
Meaning of conserve
- noun Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
- noun A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
- noun A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
Questions about the past tense of conserve
- What is the past tense of conserve?
- The past tense of conserve is conserved.
- What is the past participle of conserve?
- The past participle of conserve is conserved.
- Is conserve a regular or irregular verb?
- Conserve is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conserve (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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