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Past tense of endanger

regular verb

The past tense of endanger is endangered. The past participle is also endangered.

Forms of endanger

Base form (V1)endanger /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
Past tense (V2)endangered /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/
Past participle (V3)endangered /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/
Present participleendangering
Third person singularendangers

Endangered in a sentence

  • Welsh is merely a vulnerable language, but Irish and Scottish Gaelic are definitely endangered.From the entry vulnerable
  • The federal government has added five more birds to the endangered species list.From the entry endangered species
  • Sarah is so obsessed with endangered species! She's a real environut.From the entry environut
  • It is endangered because of the very small populations which are cut off from other "businesses."2022, Barbara Stotts Cochran, Our Educational System Flipped Upside Down: Teaching Reading to Reduce the Negative Effects of School…. From the entry business
  • They pose a problem for wildlife including endangered red squirrels, which they outcompete.2022 July 11, Helena Horton, “Oral contraceptives could help reduce grey squirrel numbers, research finds”, in The Guardian. From the entry invasive species

Meaning of endanger

  1. verb To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
  2. verb To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

Full definition of endanger

Questions about the past tense of endanger

What is the past tense of endanger?
The past tense of endanger is endangered.
What is the past participle of endanger?
The past participle of endanger is endangered.
Is endanger a regular or irregular verb?
Endanger is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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