Past tense of fade
regular verb
The past tense of fade is faded. The past participle is also faded.
Forms of fade
| Base form (V1) | fade /feɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | faded /ˈfeɪdɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | faded /ˈfeɪdɪd/ |
| Present participle | fading /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | fades /feɪdz/ |
Faded in a sentence
- The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.2011, Gary McCord, Golf For Dummies, page 284
- To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.From the entry offend
- Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.From the entry dungarees
- I was angry at first, but my rage faded away over time.From the entry fade away
Meaning of fade
- adjective Weak; insipid; tasteless.
- noun A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- noun A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
Questions about the past tense of fade
- What is the past tense of fade?
- The past tense of fade is faded.
- What is the past participle of fade?
- The past participle of fade is faded.
- Is fade a regular or irregular verb?
- Fade is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fade (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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