Past tense of contrast
regular verb
The past tense of contrast is contrasted. The past participle is also contrasted.
Forms of contrast
| Base form (V1) | contrast /kənˈtɹɑːst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | contrasted |
| Past participle (V3) | contrasted |
| Present participle | contrasting |
| Third person singular | contrasts |
Contrasted in a sentence
- The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.From the entry savory
- The perfumed pages of the letter contrasted with its doleful writing.From the entry perfumed
- The dark traces of the cracks in the crazed surface of the pot contrasted with the light glaze and were quite attractive.From the entry crazed
- Some observers have contrasted China with the US, whose economy has weathered the post-Covid recovery better.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC. From the entry weather
- The interpretations of jealous and nonjealous family members regarding a jealousy-inducing event were contrasted.2004, David J. Berghuis; Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner, page 252. From the entry nonjealous
Meaning of contrast
- noun The degree of this difference.
- noun A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- noun A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Questions about the past tense of contrast
- What is the past tense of contrast?
- The past tense of contrast is contrasted.
- What is the past participle of contrast?
- The past participle of contrast is contrasted.
- Is contrast a regular or irregular verb?
- Contrast is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contrast (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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