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Past tense of input

irregular verb

The past tense of input is input or inputted. The past participle is also input or inputted.

Forms of input

Base form (V1)input /ˈɪnpʊt/
Past tense (V2)input /ˈɪnpʊt/
inputted
Past participle (V3)input /ˈɪnpʊt/
inputted
Present participleinputting
Third person singularinputs

Inputted in a sentence

  • I inputted the text of the first section of “The Metamorphosis” and then pressed a button called Wormhole.2021 April 30, Stephen Marche, “The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing”, in The New Yorker
  • "The timetable is then produced using a desktop publishing package with data inputted manually, and the files then sent to the editor, Chris Woodcock, for proof-reading and conversion to PDF format.2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65
  • I have already inputted my info on the portal.From the entry portal

Meaning of input

  1. noun The act or process of putting in; infusion.
  2. noun That which is put in, as in an amount.
  3. noun Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.

Full definition of input

Verbs like input

Questions about the past tense of input

What is the past tense of input?
The past tense of input is input or inputted.
What is the past participle of input?
The past participle of input is input or inputted.
Is input a regular or irregular verb?
Input is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: input (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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