Past tense of recommence
regular verb
The past tense of recommence is recommenced. The past participle is also recommenced.
Forms of recommence
| Base form (V1) | recommence |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | recommenced |
| Past participle (V3) | recommenced |
| Present participle | recommencing |
| Third person singular | recommences |
Recommenced in a sentence
- The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- He threw a heavy, ribbon-bound mass of matter into my lap, and recommenced writing his report upon its saleability as a book.1901, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, chapter 5, in The Inheritors, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, published 1920, page 72. From the entry saleability
Meaning of recommence
- verb To begin again.
Questions about the past tense of recommence
- What is the past tense of recommence?
- The past tense of recommence is recommenced.
- What is the past participle of recommence?
- The past participle of recommence is recommenced.
- Is recommence a regular or irregular verb?
- Recommence is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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