Past tense of credit
regular verb
The past tense of credit is credited. The past participle is also credited.
Forms of credit
| Base form (V1) | credit /ˈkɹɛdɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | credited /ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.tɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | credited /ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.tɪd/ |
| Present participle | crediting /ˈkɹɛdɪtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | credits /ˈkɹɛdɪts/ |
Credited in a sentence
- The full amount of the purchase has been credited to your account.
- Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics.From the entry breakthrough
- The minor term of John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism—usually mistakenly credited to Aristotle—is Socrates; the major term is mortal.From the entry minor
- Accounts of goods credited run up very fast.From the entry run up
- He was credited with the invention of the alarm clock.From the entry credited
Meaning of credit
- verb To believe; to put credence in.
- verb To add to an account.
- verb To acknowledge the contribution of.
Questions about the past tense of credit
- What is the past tense of credit?
- The past tense of credit is credited.
- What is the past participle of credit?
- The past participle of credit is credited.
- Is credit a regular or irregular verb?
- Credit is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: credit (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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