Past tense of diminish
regular verb
The past tense of diminish is diminished. The past participle is also diminished.
Forms of diminish
| Base form (V1) | diminish /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | diminished /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | diminished /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/ |
| Present participle | diminishing |
| Third person singular | diminishes |
Diminished in a sentence
- It dominates the townscape, but its operational importance has seriously diminished since electrification of the West Coast Main Line.2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Bam Nuttall Partnership Award: Kilmarnock”, in RAIL...
- In Seth’s presence Mr Biswas felt diminished.1961, V. S. Naipaul, chapter 3, in A House for Mr Biswas, London: André Deutsch
- A dominant seventh chord is spelled with a diminished seventh interval, not a major sixth.From the entry spell
- The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.From the entry diminished
- The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.From the entry nor
Meaning of diminish
- verb To make smaller.
- verb To become less or smaller.
- verb To make appear smaller than in reality; to dismiss as unimportant.
Questions about the past tense of diminish
- What is the past tense of diminish?
- The past tense of diminish is diminished.
- What is the past participle of diminish?
- The past participle of diminish is diminished.
- Is diminish a regular or irregular verb?
- Diminish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diminish (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.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of diminish.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/diminish. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.