Past tense of load
regular verb
The past tense of load is loaded. The past participle is also loaded.
Forms of load
| Base form (V1) | load /loʊd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | loaded /ˈləʊ.dəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | loaded /ˈləʊ.dəd/ |
| Present participle | loading /ˈləʊ.dɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | loads /ləʊdz/ |
Loaded in a sentence
- Thus, the value loaded only becomes valid n cycles after the load seems to have executed and can therefore only be read after then.2009, Daniel Page, A Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture, page 614
- The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
- My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.From the entry mill
- We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.From the entry hold
- A toss of a loaded die is still random, though biased.From the entry random
Meaning of load
- noun A burden; a weight to be carried.
- noun A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- noun A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
Questions about the past tense of load
- What is the past tense of load?
- The past tense of load is loaded.
- What is the past participle of load?
- The past participle of load is loaded.
- Is load a regular or irregular verb?
- Load is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: load (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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