Past tense of consume
regular verb
The past tense of consume is consumed. The past participle is also consumed.
Forms of consume
| Base form (V1) | consume /kənˈsjuːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | consumed |
| Past participle (V3) | consumed |
| Present participle | consuming |
| Third person singular | consumes |
Consumed in a sentence
- Desire consumed him.
- The building was consumed by fire.
- Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.From the entry electricity
- Time can be consumed figuratively like food.From the entry figuratively
- The body had been consumed by necrophagous insects.From the entry necrophagous
Meaning of consume
- verb To use up.
- verb To eat.
- verb To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
Questions about the past tense of consume
- What is the past tense of consume?
- The past tense of consume is consumed.
- What is the past participle of consume?
- The past participle of consume is consumed.
- Is consume a regular or irregular verb?
- Consume is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: consume (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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