Past tense of house
regular verb
The past tense of house is housed. The past participle is also housed.
Forms of house
| Base form (V1) | house /haʊ̯s/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | housed /haʊzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | housed /haʊzd/ |
| Present participle | housing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/ |
Housed in a sentence
- The car is housed in the garage.
- The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.
- The museum housed a number of muskets, medals, and other militariana.From the entry militariana
- The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.From the entry frame
- The patients were housed in jaillike conditions.From the entry jaillike
Meaning of house
- noun A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
- noun An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- noun A container; a thing which houses another.
Questions about the past tense of house
- What is the past tense of house?
- The past tense of house is housed.
- What is the past participle of house?
- The past participle of house is housed.
- Is house a regular or irregular verb?
- House is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: house (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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