Past tense of place
regular verb
The past tense of place is placed. The past participle is also placed.
Forms of place
| Base form (V1) | place /ˈpleɪ̯s/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | placed /pleɪst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | placed /pleɪst/ |
| Present participle | placing /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | places /ˈpleɪsɪz/ |
Placed in a sentence
- He placed the glass on the table.
- She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter XIX, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.From the entry accent
- I have placed both of the ads in the newspaper as instructed.From the entry ad
- She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.From the entry bench
Meaning of place
- noun An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- noun A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- noun An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Questions about the past tense of place
- What is the past tense of place?
- The past tense of place is placed.
- What is the past participle of place?
- The past participle of place is placed.
- Is place a regular or irregular verb?
- Place is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: place (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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