Past tense of dog
regular verb
The past tense of dog is dogged. The past participle is also dogged.
Forms of dog
| Base form (V1) | dog /dɒɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dogged /dɒɡd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | dogged /dɒɡd/ |
| Present participle | dogging /ˈdɔɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | dogs /dɒɡz/ |
Dogged in a sentence
- But this is not an Athletic that ever looks comfortable at the back – a criticism that has often dogged Marcelo Bielsa's sides.2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian
- Yet Google, which was founded in 1998, is dogged by the perception that its best days are behind it.2021 June 21, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Executives See Cracks in Their Company’s Success”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.From the entry cause
- The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.From the entry devolution
- The Astra Militarum achieve their victories through hellstorms of firepower, grinding attrition and sheer dogged determination.2017, Warhammer 40,000, 8th edition, page 68. From the entry hellstorm
Meaning of dog
- noun The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- noun Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- noun A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
Questions about the past tense of dog
- What is the past tense of dog?
- The past tense of dog is dogged.
- What is the past participle of dog?
- The past participle of dog is dogged.
- Is dog a regular or irregular verb?
- Dog is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dog (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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