Past tense of ramp
regular verb
The past tense of ramp is ramped. The past participle is also ramped.
Forms of ramp
| Base form (V1) | ramp /ɹæmp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ramped |
| Past participle (V3) | ramped |
| Present participle | ramping |
| Third person singular | ramps |
Ramped in a sentence
- Mick raged and ramped at the barred door till his voice failed,1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 196
- The shield was the colour of silver and across it there ramped a red lion, as bright as a ripe strawberry at the moment when you pick it.1950, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe […], London: Geoffrey Bles, →OCLC
- Headcount ramped up over three months.From the entry ramp up
- “Covid has ramped up the level of work we do because hospitals are too busy,” he told CNN over the phone from his home in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city.2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN, archived…. From the entry Lagos
- Overnight, as the storm bore down on urban flood zones, city officials ramped up emergency spaces to shelter thousands more people, mostly in public schools and colleges.2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times. From the entry overnight
Meaning of ramp
- noun An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
- noun An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
- noun A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
Questions about the past tense of ramp
- What is the past tense of ramp?
- The past tense of ramp is ramped.
- What is the past participle of ramp?
- The past participle of ramp is ramped.
- Is ramp a regular or irregular verb?
- Ramp is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ramp (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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