Past tense of flag
regular verb
The past tense of flag is flagged. The past participle is also flagged.
Forms of flag
| Base form (V1) | flag /flæɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flagged /flæɡd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | flagged /flæɡd/ |
| Present participle | flagging /ˈflæɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | flags /flæɡz/ |
Flagged in a sentence
- Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside.2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC
- I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.
- When collecting signatures for storage, duplicate measurements are flagged to alert to a possible misprobe.1987, Allan Robbins, Brian Lundeen, Troubleshooting Microprocessor-based Systems, page 186. From the entry misprobe
- Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the flagged floor from the high barbacans.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 11]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry barbican
- But Gilmore had never flagged the possibility of retirement – a return to competition has always been on the cards.2025 May 8, Kieran Pender, “Steph Gilmore: ‘I was looking for something more, in myself and in my surfing’”, in The Guardian. From the entry Gilmore
Meaning of flag
- noun A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- noun The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- noun A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
Questions about the past tense of flag
- What is the past tense of flag?
- The past tense of flag is flagged.
- What is the past participle of flag?
- The past participle of flag is flagged.
- Is flag a regular or irregular verb?
- Flag is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flag (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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