Past tense of detract
regular verb
The past tense of detract is detracted. The past participle is also detracted.
Forms of detract
| Base form (V1) | detract /dɪˈtɹækt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | detracted |
| Past participle (V3) | detracted |
| Present participle | detracting |
| Third person singular | detracts |
Detracted in a sentence
- Neither of them detracted from how traffic-stoppingly handsome he was, but they were enough to inspire questions and the ensuing jokes about how she'd beaten him up.2011, Victoria Pade, It Takes a Family. From the entry stoppingly
- He sometimes paid Descartes the backhanded compliment—backhanded because it detracted from the Frenchman's much-vaunted originality— of suggesting that his major achievement was to restore the study of Plato.2006, Stuart Brown, N. J. Fox, Historical Dictionary of Leibniz's Philosophy, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry backhanded
Meaning of detract
- verb To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- verb To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
Questions about the past tense of detract
- What is the past tense of detract?
- The past tense of detract is detracted.
- What is the past participle of detract?
- The past participle of detract is detracted.
- Is detract a regular or irregular verb?
- Detract is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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