Past tense of hail
regular verb
The past tense of hail is hailed. The past participle is also hailed.
Forms of hail
| Base form (V1) | hail /heɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hailed /heɪld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hailed /heɪld/ |
| Present participle | hailing /ˈheɪlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hails /heɪlz/ |
Hailed in a sentence
- He was hailed as a hero.
- Aerons were hailed as triumphs of industrial design.From the entry Aeron
- Party leader Alice Weidel has already hailed the coalition’s collapse as a “liberation” for Germany.2024 November 7, Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Olesya Dmitracova, “Germany’s normally stable government has collapsed. Here’s why”…. From the entry Alice
- “They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 147–148. From the entry Beninese
- Apple is the most valuable company in the world and an organization hailed for its good design.2015 July 29, Robinson Meyer, “Look Closely and iTunes Somehow Becomes Even Worse”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington…. From the entry toxic hellstew
Meaning of hail
- noun Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
- noun An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
- noun A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
Questions about the past tense of hail
- What is the past tense of hail?
- The past tense of hail is hailed.
- What is the past participle of hail?
- The past participle of hail is hailed.
- Is hail a regular or irregular verb?
- Hail is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hail (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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