Past tense of man
regular verb
The past tense of man is manned. The past participle is also manned.
Forms of man
| Base form (V1) | man /ˈmæn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | manned /mænd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | manned /mænd/ |
| Present participle | manning |
| Third person singular | mans /mænz/ |
Manned in a sentence
- The ship was manned with a small crew.
- At times it might seem, to a less sympathetic soul than our imagined observer, that this pale blue, egg-shaped two-door sedan, of uncertain age and in mediocre condition, was manned by an idiot.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 5.1, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 112
- We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.From the entry toll
- For now, it is technically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.From the entry technically
- For now, it is technologically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.From the entry technologically
Meaning of man
- noun An adult male human.
- noun All human males collectively: mankind.
- noun An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
Questions about the past tense of man
- What is the past tense of man?
- The past tense of man is manned.
- What is the past participle of man?
- The past participle of man is manned.
- Is man a regular or irregular verb?
- Man is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: man (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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