Past tense of doze
regular verb
The past tense of doze is dozed. The past participle is also dozed.
Forms of doze
| Base form (V1) | doze /doʊz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dozed |
| Past participle (V3) | dozed |
| Present participle | dozing |
| Third person singular | dozes |
Dozed in a sentence
- I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
- I dozed in the slumberous heat of the afternoon.From the entry slumberous
- He was still singing in a low, snory voice ten minutes later, when he finally dozed off.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things. From the entry snory
- He had dozed off with the water running and there was water slopping everywhere.1971, David Ireland, The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. From the entry clancy
Meaning of doze
- verb To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
- verb To make dull; to stupefy.
- noun A light, short sleep or nap.
Questions about the past tense of doze
- What is the past tense of doze?
- The past tense of doze is dozed.
- What is the past participle of doze?
- The past participle of doze is dozed.
- Is doze a regular or irregular verb?
- Doze is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doze (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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