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Past tense of purchase

regular verb

The past tense of purchase is purchased. The past participle is also purchased.

Forms of purchase

Base form (V1)purchase /ˈpɜːtʃɪs/
Past tense (V2)purchased /ˈpɝt͡ʃəst/
Past participle (V3)purchased /ˈpɝt͡ʃəst/
Present participlepurchasing
Third person singularpurchases

Purchased in a sentence

  • Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution.
  • The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.From the entry the
  • Kyle purchased a new one despite having a backlog of video games that he hasn't played.From the entry backlog
  • The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.From the entry stock
  • The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.From the entry orbit

Meaning of purchase

  1. noun The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
  2. noun That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
  3. noun That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

Full definition of purchase

Questions about the past tense of purchase

What is the past tense of purchase?
The past tense of purchase is purchased.
What is the past participle of purchase?
The past participle of purchase is purchased.
Is purchase a regular or irregular verb?
Purchase is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: purchase (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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