Past tense of interrupt
regular verb
The past tense of interrupt is interrupted. The past participle is also interrupted.
Forms of interrupt
| Base form (V1) | interrupt /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | interrupted /ˌɪntəˈɹʌptɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | interrupted /ˌɪntəˈɹʌptɪd/ |
| Present participle | interrupting |
| Third person singular | interrupts |
Interrupted in a sentence
- A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
- The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
- The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.From the entry english
- He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.From the entry chortle
- Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.From the entry newsflash
Meaning of interrupt
- verb To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
- verb To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
- verb To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
Questions about the past tense of interrupt
- What is the past tense of interrupt?
- The past tense of interrupt is interrupted.
- What is the past participle of interrupt?
- The past participle of interrupt is interrupted.
- Is interrupt a regular or irregular verb?
- Interrupt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interrupt (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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