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Past tense of garner

regular verb

The past tense of garner is garnered. The past participle is also garnered.

Forms of garner

Base form (V1)garner /ˈɡɑː.nə/
Past tense (V2)garnered
Past participle (V3)garnered
Present participlegarnering
Third person singulargarners

Garnered in a sentence

  • He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes.1913, “Anton Berlage” in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
  • As more people signed up to join the Substackerati, the company garnered praise from journalists.2020 November 16, Clio Chang, “The Substackerati”, in Columbia Journalism Review, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Graduate School of…. From the entry Substackerati
  • My hat is the accessory that has garnered a great deal of attention through the years.2015, Jen Su, From Z to A-Lister: How to Build Your Personal Brand, Johannesburg: Tracey McDonald Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry grillz
  • I suspect that this case and the attention it has garnered is another example of juvenoia.2014 March 12, Chris Ferguson, “What’s Really Wrong With Young People Today: Juvenoia”, in TIME, archived from the original on 20 May 2025. From the entry juvenoia

Meaning of garner

  1. noun A granary; a store of grain.
  2. noun An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
  3. verb To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

Full definition of garner

Questions about the past tense of garner

What is the past tense of garner?
The past tense of garner is garnered.
What is the past participle of garner?
The past participle of garner is garnered.
Is garner a regular or irregular verb?
Garner is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: garner (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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