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Past tense of end

regular verb

The past tense of end is ended. The past participle is also ended.

Forms of end

Base form (V1)end /ɛnd/
Past tense (V2)ended /ˈɛndɪd/
Past participle (V3)ended /ˈɛndɪd/
Present participleending /ˈɛndɪŋ/
Third person singularends /ɛndz/

Ended in a sentence

  • The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák.
  • So, subject to the salvaging of serviceable parts, all five were withdrawn for breaking up in 1936-7, and thus ended one of the shortest histories of an important locomotive class on record.1949 May and June, R. A. H. Weight, “A Short-Lived Pacific Class”, in Railway Magazine, page 196
  • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.From the entry abide
  • His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.From the entry shot
  • The war was ended by a catastrophic string of battles on the northern front.From the entry string

Meaning of end

  1. noun The terminal point of something in space or time.
  2. noun Share of joint responsibility.
  3. noun The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

Full definition of end

Questions about the past tense of end

What is the past tense of end?
The past tense of end is ended.
What is the past participle of end?
The past participle of end is ended.
Is end a regular or irregular verb?
End is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: end (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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