Past tense of contemplate
regular verb
The past tense of contemplate is contemplated. The past participle is also contemplated.
Forms of contemplate
| Base form (V1) | contemplate /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | contemplated /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | contemplated /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | contemplating |
| Third person singular | contemplates |
Contemplated in a sentence
- I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.
- The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779
- A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.From the entry mine
- He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.27 September 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian. From the entry flob
- I contemplated the thick red bush of her jigger, so close to my face.2002, Nalo Hopkinson, “Paris, 1842”, in Elizabeth Ruth, editor, Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales, Toronto: Women's Press, →ISBN…. From the entry jigger
Meaning of contemplate
- verb To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
- verb To consider as a possibility.
Questions about the past tense of contemplate
- What is the past tense of contemplate?
- The past tense of contemplate is contemplated.
- What is the past participle of contemplate?
- The past participle of contemplate is contemplated.
- Is contemplate a regular or irregular verb?
- Contemplate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contemplate (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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