Past tense of out
regular verb
The past tense of out is outed. The past participle is also outed.
Forms of out
| Base form (V1) | out /ˈäʊ̯t/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | outed |
| Past participle (V3) | outed |
| Present participle | outing /ˈaʊtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | outs |
Outed in a sentence
- "I outed myself for life that night.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
- The second captain of the foretop outed himself in one muscular contraction.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 131
- The action group has outed many prominent celebrities.From the entry action group
- Since I was the only nonemployee in the store, I promptly outed myself as a New York Times reporter.2009 July 2, Cintra Wilson, “Riches at Rainbow’s End”, in New York Times. From the entry nonemployee
- Company CEOs are outed for participating on message boards with pseudonyms, and it sometimes seems that no bad deed goes unblogged.2008, Rohit Bhargava, Personality Not Included, page 20. From the entry unblogged
Meaning of out
- adverb Away from the inside or centre.
- adverb Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- adverb Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
Questions about the past tense of out
- What is the past tense of out?
- The past tense of out is outed.
- What is the past participle of out?
- The past participle of out is outed.
- Is out a regular or irregular verb?
- Out is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: out (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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