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Past tense of mark

regular verb

The past tense of mark is marked. The past participle is also marked.

Forms of mark

Base form (V1)mark /mɑːk/
Past tense (V2)marked /mɑːkt/
Past participle (V3)marked /mɑːkt/
Present participlemarking /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/
Third person singularmarks /mɑɹks/

Marked in a sentence

  • See where this pencil has marked the paper.
  • The floor was marked with wine and blood.
  • Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.From the entry life
  • Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.From the entry sharp
  • Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.From the entry comment

Meaning of mark

  1. noun A boundary; a border or frontier.
  2. noun A boundary-post or fence.
  3. noun A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.

Full definition of mark

Questions about the past tense of mark

What is the past tense of mark?
The past tense of mark is marked.
What is the past participle of mark?
The past participle of mark is marked.
Is mark a regular or irregular verb?
Mark is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mark (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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