Past tense of picture
regular verb
The past tense of picture is pictured. The past participle is also pictured.
Forms of picture
| Base form (V1) | picture /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pictured |
| Past participle (V3) | pictured |
| Present participle | picturing |
| Third person singular | pictures /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃəz/ |
Pictured in a sentence
- while upon the shaded top of the box, drawn in perspective, the artist had pictured a plate with the beautifully executed, twin-lobed, brainlike, halved kernel of a walnut.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, page 130
- What is striking about the self portrait is that the patient had pictured herself as a much younger woman1966, Margaret Naumburg, Dynamically oriented art therapy, page 154
- A building under construction in the Nankang district of Taipei is pictured on Nov. 24 last year.2022 February 15, Crystal Hsu, “Robust economy, property boom prompt new projects”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 14 Feb…. From the entry Nankang
- We couldn’t tell you whether Bruce Chalmer and Judy Alexander (pictured) are Wordlers.2022 February 9, Dan Bolles, “Love Language”, in Seven Days, page 29. From the entry Wordler
- Each auto polo team (as pictured above) had one driver and a mallet swinger.2015, Necia P. Seamons, Preston, page 40. From the entry auto polo
Meaning of picture
- noun A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- noun An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- noun A painting.
Questions about the past tense of picture
- What is the past tense of picture?
- The past tense of picture is pictured.
- What is the past participle of picture?
- The past participle of picture is pictured.
- Is picture a regular or irregular verb?
- Picture is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: picture (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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