Past tense of plagiarize
regular verb
The past tense of plagiarize is plagiarized. The past participle is also plagiarized.
Forms of plagiarize
| Base form (V1) | plagiarize /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | plagiarized |
| Past participle (V3) | plagiarized |
| Present participle | plagiarizing |
| Third person singular | plagiarizes |
Meaning of plagiarize
- verb To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.
Questions about the past tense of plagiarize
- What is the past tense of plagiarize?
- The past tense of plagiarize is plagiarized.
- What is the past participle of plagiarize?
- The past participle of plagiarize is plagiarized.
- Is plagiarize a regular or irregular verb?
- Plagiarize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plagiarize (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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