Past tense of letter
regular verb
The past tense of letter is lettered. The past participle is also lettered.
Forms of letter
| Base form (V1) | letter /ˈlɛtə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lettered |
| Past participle (V3) | lettered |
| Present participle | lettering /ˈlɛ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | letters /ˈlɛtɚz/ |
Lettered in a sentence
- I think Mom lettered in shot put her junior year.1992 September 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
- More than any digital comparison, this forever-changing lettered and light-bulbed canvas continues to reflexively adorn the progress of our athletes.2018 September 26, Richard Johnson, quotee, “Eight great Australian buildings: from the Sydney Opera House to a Wagga woolshed – in…. From the entry light-bulbed
- On my last visit I bought some lettered playing-cards lined up in a frame to spell out carpe diem.2012 December 1, Mary Portas, quoting Sarah Curran, “Shop! Mary Portas on Labour and Wait”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph…. From the entry playing-card
- All passenger stock is lettered in shaded gold leaf transfers and has never been decorated with either a crest or monogram.1956 May, D. B. McNeill, “The Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 336. From the entry transfer
- In front of a cafeterie in San Francisco I saw a donkey carrying sandwich-boards upon which was lettered the legend, “This Cafeterie employs non-union labor.1911, The Philistine, a Periodical of Protest, volume 33, page 10. From the entry cafeterie
Meaning of letter
- noun A symbol in an alphabet.
- noun A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.).
- noun The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
Questions about the past tense of letter
- What is the past tense of letter?
- The past tense of letter is lettered.
- What is the past participle of letter?
- The past participle of letter is lettered.
- Is letter a regular or irregular verb?
- Letter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: letter (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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