Past tense of enhance
regular verb
The past tense of enhance is enhanced. The past participle is also enhanced.
Forms of enhance
| Base form (V1) | enhance /ɪnˈhɑːns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | enhanced |
| Past participle (V3) | enhanced |
| Present participle | enhancing |
| Third person singular | enhances |
Enhanced in a sentence
- Passenger safety is further enhanced by the crushproof compartment around the passenger area.From the entry crushproof
- The garment's durability is enhanced by using a locknit, which prevents runs and maintains its shape.From the entry locknit
- The nonhomologous RNA recombination resulted in an enhanced hemagglutinin cleavability.From the entry nonhomologous
- The slender sculpture's beauty was enhanced by its apparent fragileness.From the entry fragileness
- This meant enhanced maintenance, permitting life extension and derogations from the DfT on vehicles booked for scrap.2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: West Anglia Fleet Extension”, in RAIL, number 940, page 48. From the entry life extension
Meaning of enhance
- verb To lift, raise up.
- verb To augment or make something greater.
- verb To improve something by adding features.
Questions about the past tense of enhance
- What is the past tense of enhance?
- The past tense of enhance is enhanced.
- What is the past participle of enhance?
- The past participle of enhance is enhanced.
- Is enhance a regular or irregular verb?
- Enhance is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enhance (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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