Past tense of master
regular verb
The past tense of master is mastered. The past participle is also mastered.
Forms of master
| Base form (V1) | master /ˈmɑːstə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mastered |
| Past participle (V3) | mastered |
| Present participle | mastering |
| Third person singular | masters /ˈmɑːs.təz/ |
Mastered in a sentence
- He mastered in English at the state college.
- Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.From the entry where
- He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and speech.From the entry idiosyncrasy
- She's mastered the art of programming.From the entry art
- Then, practice reading fluency sentences together that contain words with trigraphs and other mastered words.2023 December 6, Sarah Forst, “How to Teach Trigraphs DGE & TCH”, in The Designer Teacher. From the entry trigraph
Meaning of master
- noun Someone who has control over something or someone.
- noun The owner of an animal or slave.
- noun The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
Questions about the past tense of master
- What is the past tense of master?
- The past tense of master is mastered.
- What is the past participle of master?
- The past participle of master is mastered.
- Is master a regular or irregular verb?
- Master is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: master (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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