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Past tense of phase

regular verb

The past tense of phase is phased. The past participle is also phased.

Forms of phase

Base form (V1)phase /feɪz/
Past tense (V2)phased /feɪzd/
Past participle (V3)phased /feɪzd/
Present participlephasing /ˈfeɪzɪŋ/
Third person singularphases /ˈfeɪzɪz/

Phased in a sentence

  • The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.
  • Anyone who has lost their way in cyberspace—realizing they have just phased into what they had previously categorized as 'solid' matter—will understand this example.1997, P. Lunenfeld, “Hybrid Architectures and the Paradox of Unfolding”, in Intelligent Environments: Spatial Aspects of the Information...
  • The government are planning a phased introduction of the reforms.From the entry phased
  • The program phased in last year.From the entry phase in
  • But over the past decade, BPA has largely been phased out and replaced with a different chemical, bisphenol S, or BPS.2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the…. From the entry bisphenol S

Meaning of phase

  1. noun A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
  2. noun That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
  3. noun Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.

Full definition of phase

Questions about the past tense of phase

What is the past tense of phase?
The past tense of phase is phased.
What is the past participle of phase?
The past participle of phase is phased.
Is phase a regular or irregular verb?
Phase is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phase (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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