Past tense of lessen
regular verb
The past tense of lessen is lessened. The past participle is also lessened.
Forms of lessen
| Base form (V1) | lessen /ˈlɛsən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lessened |
| Past participle (V3) | lessened |
| Present participle | lessening |
| Third person singular | lessens |
Lessened in a sentence
- One phone call to the lawyer and some of my anxiety had lessened.2020, Eve Langlais, Halfway There. From the entry eased
- It was pitch dark but the sea was calmer and the bucking of the ship had lessened.1937 04, Collier's. From the entry slat
- We found that the collision may have been avoided or its severity lessened had these systems been installed on the truck-tractor.2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05. From the entry adaptive
- The rain had lessened—and was that actually sun on the horizon, leaching through the thinning clouds in an electric streak?2005, Kate Brallier, Seal Island, New York, N.Y.: Tor Romance, →ISBN, page 241. From the entry seawife
- To be sure, there are those who are more sophisticated in their dogmatic eisegeses, but the offense is not thereby lessened.1984, Kelly Miller Smith, Social Crisis Preaching: The Lyman Beecher Lectures, 1983. From the entry eisegesis
Meaning of lessen
- verb To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
- verb To become less.
- conjunction Unless.
Questions about the past tense of lessen
- What is the past tense of lessen?
- The past tense of lessen is lessened.
- What is the past participle of lessen?
- The past participle of lessen is lessened.
- Is lessen a regular or irregular verb?
- Lessen is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lessen (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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