Past tense of insure
regular verb
The past tense of insure is insured. The past participle is also insured.
Forms of insure
| Base form (V1) | insure /ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | insured /ɪnˈʃʊəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | insured /ɪnˈʃʊəd/ |
| Present participle | insuring |
| Third person singular | insures |
Insured in a sentence
- I'm not insured against burglary.
- You can breathe easy knowing that your savings account is insured against loss.From the entry breathe easy
- “How will we be insured against being arrested?” Francine was clearly not finished with this topic.2013, Estelle Ryan, The Dante Connection (Book 2): A Genevieve Lenard Novel. From the entry colour inside the lines
- The repairer is paid on receipt of the final bill and a satisfaction note from the insured.2008, Shashidharan K. Kutty, Managing Life Insurance. From the entry satisfaction note
- The costs of damage and the insured values were derived from the claims on the EWDC.2001, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. From the entry EWDC
Meaning of insure
- verb To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
- verb To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance.
Questions about the past tense of insure
- What is the past tense of insure?
- The past tense of insure is insured.
- What is the past participle of insure?
- The past participle of insure is insured.
- Is insure a regular or irregular verb?
- Insure is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insure (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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