Past tense of recognize
regular verb
The past tense of recognize is recognized. The past participle is also recognized.
Forms of recognize
| Base form (V1) | recognize /ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | recognized /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | recognized /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzd/ |
| Present participle | recognizing /ˈɹɛk.əɡˌnaɪ.zɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | recognizes |
Recognized in a sentence
- I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.
- Slavery is widely recognized as immoral.
- In his Pensées, Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics: space, time, motion, and number.From the entry metaphysics
- Along with air, water, and food, shelter is often recognized as a human necessity.From the entry shelter
- The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.From the entry embody
Meaning of recognize
- verb To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
- verb To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
- verb To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
Questions about the past tense of recognize
- What is the past tense of recognize?
- The past tense of recognize is recognized.
- What is the past participle of recognize?
- The past participle of recognize is recognized.
- Is recognize a regular or irregular verb?
- Recognize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recognize (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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