Past tense of mirror
regular verb
The past tense of mirror is mirrored. The past participle is also mirrored.
Forms of mirror
| Base form (V1) | mirror /ˈmɪɹə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mirrored |
| Past participle (V3) | mirrored |
| Present participle | mirroring |
| Third person singular | mirrors /ˈmɪɹ.əz/ |
Mirrored in a sentence
- The placement of the paintings mirrored the positions of the windows on the opposite wall.
- A beam of light shone into the interior of a mirrored sphere would reverberate in itself.From the entry reverberate
- Leaving City Hall with a smile, he mirrored the Berner’s excitement, but for Hillary.2016 June 6, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, “As SF ‘feels the Bern’ and touts #ImWithHer, turnout numbers strong”, in SF Examiner. From the entry Berner
- His life mirrored his words: “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”2015, Christine A. Hult, The Handy English Grammar Answer Book, →ISBN. From the entry genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration
- Striped volumes of mirrored plexes can survive failure of up to half of their disks.2002, Paul Massiglia, Highly Available Storage for Windows Servers, page 60. From the entry plex
Meaning of mirror
- noun A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- noun An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- noun A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.
Questions about the past tense of mirror
- What is the past tense of mirror?
- The past tense of mirror is mirrored.
- What is the past participle of mirror?
- The past participle of mirror is mirrored.
- Is mirror a regular or irregular verb?
- Mirror is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mirror (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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