Past tense of deter
regular verb
The past tense of deter is deterred. The past participle is also deterred.
Forms of deter
| Base form (V1) | deter /dɪˈtɜː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | deterred |
| Past participle (V3) | deterred |
| Present participle | deterring |
| Third person singular | deters |
Deterred in a sentence
- Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.
- The dubiousness of the old rope bridge deterred me from trying to cross.From the entry dubiousness
- Graber on Thursday to change that name seems to have deterred them.[2023 April 29, Sheera Frenkel, “Interest Builds Over Bluesky, A Social Site Akin to Twitter”, in New York Times, page B3. From the entry skeet
- As such, they cannot be deterred or reasoned with in any way.2011 April 30, United States Strategic Command, CONPLAN 8888-11 "COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE" (PDF), archived from the original on 15 Mar…. From the entry cognizant
- Talking to Miss Maidie had deterred me from grabbing a quick greaseburger en route.1999, Rod Davis, American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World, page 145. From the entry greaseburger
Meaning of deter
- verb To prevent something from happening.
- verb To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
- verb To distract someone from something.
Questions about the past tense of deter
- What is the past tense of deter?
- The past tense of deter is deterred.
- What is the past participle of deter?
- The past participle of deter is deterred.
- Is deter a regular or irregular verb?
- Deter is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deter (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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