Past tense of disbelieve
regular verb
The past tense of disbelieve is disbelieved. The past participle is also disbelieved.
Forms of disbelieve
| Base form (V1) | disbelieve /dɪsbɪˈliːv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | disbelieved |
| Past participle (V3) | disbelieved |
| Present participle | disbelieving /dɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | disbelieves |
Disbelieved in a sentence
- He never "revolted" against Christianity; only, reluctantly and gradually, disbelieved it.1923, David Alec Wilson, Life of Carlyle, volume 1, page 79
- From the moment he said "I love you" she slowly disbelieved everything he said.1986, Dermot Healy, Fighting with Shadows, page 136
- Younger children, on the whole believed, and older children emphatically disbelieved (with third graders agnostically in between).1997, Máire Messenger Davies, chapter 5, in Fake, Fact and Fantasy: Children’s Interpretations of Television Reality, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence…. From the entry agnostically
- The Busby Berkeley stylisations are grim enough, but the high school lawn-mowing has to be seen to be disbelieved.2015 September 14, Derek Malcolm, “Grease - the film that puts the pap into pop: archive, 14 September 1978”, in The Guardian. From the entry stylisations
- She pouts mardily, annoyed at being disbelieved.2012, Marina Lewycka, Various Pets Alive and Dead. From the entry mardily
Meaning of disbelieve
- verb To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
- verb To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception).
- verb To cease to believe.
Questions about the past tense of disbelieve
- What is the past tense of disbelieve?
- The past tense of disbelieve is disbelieved.
- What is the past participle of disbelieve?
- The past participle of disbelieve is disbelieved.
- Is disbelieve a regular or irregular verb?
- Disbelieve is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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