Past tense of injure
regular verb
The past tense of injure is injured. The past participle is also injured.
Forms of injure
| Base form (V1) | injure /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | injured /ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | injured /ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/ |
| Present participle | injuring |
| Third person singular | injures |
Injured in a sentence
- The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
- I injured my ankle playing tennis.
- They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.From the entry bench
- Four people were injured, with one of them in critical condition.From the entry with
- Three crewmembers are understood to have been injured in the explosion.From the entry understood
Meaning of injure
- verb To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- verb To damage or impair.
- verb To do injustice to.
Questions about the past tense of injure
- What is the past tense of injure?
- The past tense of injure is injured.
- What is the past participle of injure?
- The past participle of injure is injured.
- Is injure a regular or irregular verb?
- Injure is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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