Past tense of recap
regular verb
The past tense of recap is recapped. The past participle is also recapped.
Forms of recap
| Base form (V1) | recap /ɹiːˈkæp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | recapped |
| Past participle (V3) | recapped |
| Present participle | recapping |
| Third person singular | recaps |
Recapped in a sentence
- Are recapped tires safe?1957 Aug, “Recap your old tires?”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 11, number 8, page 13
Meaning of recap
- verb To seal (something) again with a cap.
- verb To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.
- noun A tire that has had new tread glued on.
Questions about the past tense of recap
- What is the past tense of recap?
- The past tense of recap is recapped.
- What is the past participle of recap?
- The past participle of recap is recapped.
- Is recap a regular or irregular verb?
- Recap is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recap (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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