Past tense of move
regular verb
The past tense of move is moved. The past participle is also moved.
Forms of move
| Base form (V1) | move /muːv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | moved /muːvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | moved /muːvd/ |
| Present participle | moving /ˈmuːvɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | moves /muːvz/ |
Moved in a sentence
- They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
- He then moved from Nanking to Wuhan and finally to Chungking, but when his health deteriorated, he went to Chiang-chin, a small village near Chungking, for recuperation.1986, Wen-shun Chi, “Ch’en Tu-hsiu (1879-1942)”, in Ideological Conflicts in Modern China: Democracy and Authoritarianism, published 1992...
- I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.From the entry die
- He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.From the entry digital
- My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.From the entry thick
Meaning of move
- verb To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- verb To act; to take action; to begin to act.
- verb To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
Questions about the past tense of move
- What is the past tense of move?
- The past tense of move is moved.
- What is the past participle of move?
- The past participle of move is moved.
- Is move a regular or irregular verb?
- Move is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: move (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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