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Past tense of document

regular verb

The past tense of document is documented. The past participle is also documented.

Forms of document

Base form (V1)document /ˈdɒkjʊmənt/
Past tense (V2)documented
Past participle (V3)documented
Present participledocumenting
Third person singulardocuments /ˈdɑkjəmənts/

Documented in a sentence

  • He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.
  • The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.2009 May 18, Henry Greenspan, “Of Memory and Israel”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
  • In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend to be uncertain.From the entry semantics
  • This marked the first time scientists had ever documented this long-reported behavior on video.2026 April 13, Beth Wegerer, “Scientists Finally Catch Sperm Whales Headbutting on Camera”, in A-Z Animals. From the entry head ramming
  • Examples of such lesions exist in anatomical collections in individuals documented to have died of cancer.2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology…. From the entry overlain

Meaning of document

  1. noun An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
  2. noun Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
  3. noun A file that contains text.

Full definition of document

Questions about the past tense of document

What is the past tense of document?
The past tense of document is documented.
What is the past participle of document?
The past participle of document is documented.
Is document a regular or irregular verb?
Document is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: document (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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