Past tense of free
regular verb
The past tense of free is freed. The past participle is also freed.
Forms of free
| Base form (V1) | free /fɹiː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | freed /fɹiːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | freed /fɹiːd/ |
| Present participle | freeing /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | frees /fɹiːz/ |
Freed in a sentence
- Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa.2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”...
- It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform.From the entry reform
- Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.From the entry free up
- Retiring from work freed me up to write a novel.From the entry free up
- So without hesitation I “batmanned” the rope, freed it, and we continued.2011, Kerry Burns, Cameron Burns, Climb: Tales of Man Versus Boulder, Crag, Wall, and Peak, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry batman
Meaning of free
- adjective Unconstrained.
- adjective Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- adjective Generous; liberal.
Questions about the past tense of free
- What is the past tense of free?
- The past tense of free is freed.
- What is the past participle of free?
- The past participle of free is freed.
- Is free a regular or irregular verb?
- Free is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: free (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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