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Past tense of prize

regular verb

The past tense of prize is prized. The past participle is also prized.

Forms of prize

Base form (V1)prize /ˈpɹaɪ̯z/
Past tense (V2)prized /pɹaɪzd/
Past participle (V3)prized /pɹaɪzd/
Present participleprizing /ˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
Third person singularprizes /ˈpɹaɪzɪz/

Prized in a sentence

  • The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.From the entry trophy
  • She thrust her yamstick into the hard ground to reach the prized tuber.From the entry yamstick
  • By the time she became the world's greatest pianist, she had already practised for thousands of hours on her prized piano.From the entry pianist
  • The car quickly became his most prized possession.From the entry possession
  • After tearing his fave T-shirt unintentionally, my brother wreaked revenge on me by ripping my most prized blazer apart.From the entry revenge

Meaning of prize

  1. noun That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
  2. noun Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
  3. noun An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

Full definition of prize

Questions about the past tense of prize

What is the past tense of prize?
The past tense of prize is prized.
What is the past participle of prize?
The past participle of prize is prized.
Is prize a regular or irregular verb?
Prize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prize (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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