Past tense of prime
regular verb
The past tense of prime is primed. The past participle is also primed.
Forms of prime
| Base form (V1) | prime /pɹaɪ̯m/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | primed /pɹaɪmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | primed /pɹaɪmd/ |
| Present participle | priming /ˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | primes /pɹaɪmz/ |
Primed in a sentence
- Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top.1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN...
- The boys are primed for mischief.
- The submarine was primed to self-destruct.From the entry self-destruct
- Once an indicator reaches its defined presignal area, it has been primed to await its firing signal.2006, Gregory Morris, Candlestick Charting Explained, →ISBN. From the entry presignal
- Kate primed the pump by telling the story of Dina teaching her to rappel.2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry prime the pump
Meaning of prime
- adjective First in importance, degree, or rank.
- adjective First in time, order, or sequence.
- adjective First in excellence, quality, or value.
Questions about the past tense of prime
- What is the past tense of prime?
- The past tense of prime is primed.
- What is the past participle of prime?
- The past participle of prime is primed.
- Is prime a regular or irregular verb?
- Prime is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prime (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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