Past tense of lower
regular verb
The past tense of lower is lowered. The past participle is also lowered.
Forms of lower
| Base form (V1) | lower /ˈləʊ.ə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lowered /ˈloʊɚd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | lowered /ˈloʊɚd/ |
| Present participle | lowering /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | lowers |
Lowered in a sentence
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
- My old TV set crushes the blacks when the brightness is lowered.From the entry crush
- Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.From the entry shaft
- When Jack came back late from lunch, the team leader really lowered the boom on him.From the entry lower the boom
- He stopped in midchomp and lowered his fork, staring at me in amazement.From the entry midchomp
Meaning of lower
- adjective Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
- adjective Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
- adjective Older.
Questions about the past tense of lower
- What is the past tense of lower?
- The past tense of lower is lowered.
- What is the past participle of lower?
- The past participle of lower is lowered.
- Is lower a regular or irregular verb?
- Lower is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lower (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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