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Past tense of register

regular verb

The past tense of register is registered. The past participle is also registered.

Forms of register

Base form (V1)register /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/
Past tense (V2)registered /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪs.təd/
Past participle (V3)registered /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪs.təd/
Present participleregistering
Third person singularregisters

Registered in a sentence

  • In every way dinner proved up beyond my expectations, and I registered a note that the cook, whoever or whatever he might be, was a capable man at his trade.1914, Jack London, chapter VII, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore
  • They registered for school.
  • She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.From the entry breed
  • The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.From the entry laicize
  • She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.From the entry kennel

Meaning of register

  1. noun A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
  2. noun A book of such entries.
  3. noun An entry in such a book.

Full definition of register

Questions about the past tense of register

What is the past tense of register?
The past tense of register is registered.
What is the past participle of register?
The past participle of register is registered.
Is register a regular or irregular verb?
Register is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: register (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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