Past tense of jump
regular verb
The past tense of jump is jumped. The past participle is also jumped.
Forms of jump
| Base form (V1) | jump /d͡ʒʌmp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | jumped /d͡ʒʌmpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | jumped /d͡ʒʌmpt/ |
| Present participle | jumping /ˈd͡ʒʌm.pɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | jumps /d͡ʒʌmps/ |
Jumped in a sentence
- The boy jumped over a fence.
- He jumped when he looked up to see a man standing before him.
- "Surprise!" we shouted as we jumped out from the cupboard. "Happy birthday!"From the entry surprise
- He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.From the entry foamy
- The team crossed streams and jumped across deep, narrow divides in the glacier.From the entry divide
Meaning of jump
- verb To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- verb To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- verb To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
Questions about the past tense of jump
- What is the past tense of jump?
- The past tense of jump is jumped.
- What is the past participle of jump?
- The past participle of jump is jumped.
- Is jump a regular or irregular verb?
- Jump is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jump (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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