Past tense of number
regular verb
The past tense of number is numbered. The past participle is also numbered.
Forms of number
| Base form (V1) | number /ˈnʌmbər/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | numbered /ˈnʌmbɚd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | numbered /ˈnʌmbɚd/ |
| Present participle | numbering |
| Third person singular | numbers /ˈnʌmbɚz/ |
Numbered in a sentence
- The old man knew that his days were numbered.
- Each layer invites us to explore a different answer to this book's title question—how did our days become numbered?2018 February 6, Dan Bouk, How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual, University of Chicago Press...
- If his performance does not improve very soon, his days at this company are numbered.From the entry one's days are numbered
- In zero-based indexing, array variables in a computer program are numbered upwards from zero.From the entry indexing
- She pre-positioned the surgical instruments in trays on a numbered rack.From the entry pre-position
Meaning of number
- noun Quantity of countable things.
- noun An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- noun A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
Questions about the past tense of number
- What is the past tense of number?
- The past tense of number is numbered.
- What is the past participle of number?
- The past participle of number is numbered.
- Is number a regular or irregular verb?
- Number is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: number (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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