Past tense of preach
regular verb
The past tense of preach is preached. The past participle is also preached.
Forms of preach
| Base form (V1) | preach /pɹiːt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | preached /priːt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | preached /priːt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | preaching /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | preaches |
Less standard forms: praught (nonstandard).
Preached in a sentence
- The pastor preached that even the least of God’s creatures deserves freedom from needless or idle cruelty.From the entry least
- Majlesi preached and popularized his discourse with the open support of the Shah.2011, Ali Rahnema, Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad, Cambridge University Press, Part I, Chapter…. From the entry irreligiosity
- For more than forty years, he preached the creed of art and beauty.1984, Mary Jane Matz, The Many Lives of Otto Kahn: A Biography, page 5. From the entry child
- “There are many,” preached Hooker, “that sit upon the ale-bench, and sweare, and drinke, and raile against Gods servants.”2015, Baird Tipson, Hartford Puritanism. From the entry ale-bench
- Kludds preached that Klan and Church were synonymous.1992, Michael Moorcock, The laughter of Carthage. From the entry kludd
Meaning of preach
- verb To give a sermon.
- verb To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- verb To advise or recommend earnestly.
Questions about the past tense of preach
- What is the past tense of preach?
- The past tense of preach is preached.
- What is the past participle of preach?
- The past participle of preach is preached.
- Is preach a regular or irregular verb?
- Preach is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is praught correct?
- praught is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of preach is preached.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preach (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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