Past tense of gamble
regular verb
The past tense of gamble is gambled. The past participle is also gambled.
Forms of gamble
| Base form (V1) | gamble /ˈɡæm.bəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | gambled |
| Past participle (V3) | gambled |
| Present participle | gambling /ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | gambles |
Gambled in a sentence
- He gambled his reputation on the outcome.
- My uncle gambled away his fortune, and now he hardly has a penny to his name.From the entry to one's name
- They gambled with as much reckless abandon as they flew their airplanes.2002, W. Barry Baird, Vietnam Journey, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry buy the farm
- He lied and gambled and he run wid de women and filled his heart wid proudfulness.1930, Roark Bradford, Ol' King David An' the Philistine Boys, page 178. From the entry proudfulness
- There were many speculative schemes which gambled on the expectation of an individual's life, as in the tontine system, whereby all the group's contributions went to the last survivor.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 634. From the entry tontine
Meaning of gamble
- noun A bet or wager.
- noun A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- noun A risky venture.
Questions about the past tense of gamble
- What is the past tense of gamble?
- The past tense of gamble is gambled.
- What is the past participle of gamble?
- The past participle of gamble is gambled.
- Is gamble a regular or irregular verb?
- Gamble is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gamble (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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