Past tense of depict
regular verb
The past tense of depict is depicted. The past participle is also depicted.
Forms of depict
| Base form (V1) | depict /dɪˈpɪkt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | depicted /dɪˈpɪktɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | depicted /dɪˈpɪktɪd/ |
| Present participle | depicting /dɪˈpɪk.tɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | depicts |
Depicted in a sentence
- Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.From the entry media
- The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.From the entry caveman
- Homer makes Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus, unlike Hesiod who depicted her as born from the sea foam.From the entry make
- In a Venn diagram, an atom is depicted as an area circumscribed by lines but not cut by any line.From the entry atom
- The attack campaign depicted snaking queues outside a Jobcentre.From the entry jobcentre
Meaning of depict
- verb To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
- adjective Depicted.
Questions about the past tense of depict
- What is the past tense of depict?
- The past tense of depict is depicted.
- What is the past participle of depict?
- The past participle of depict is depicted.
- Is depict a regular or irregular verb?
- Depict is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: depict (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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