Past tense of reinforce
regular verb
The past tense of reinforce is reinforced. The past participle is also reinforced.
Forms of reinforce
| Base form (V1) | reinforce /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | reinforced |
| Past participle (V3) | reinforced |
| Present participle | reinforcing |
| Third person singular | reinforces |
Reinforced in a sentence
- He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.
- Schlossberg’s rant angered activists for immigrant rights, who said it reinforced stereotypes that Spanish speakers are not citizens.2018 May 22, Liz Robbins, Maya Salam, “‘I Am Not Racist’: Lawyer Issues Apology One Week After Rant”, in The New York Times, archived from...
- The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.From the entry convention
- The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.From the entry corner
- The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants.From the entry impregnant
Meaning of reinforce
- verb To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
- verb To emphasize or review.
- verb To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.
Questions about the past tense of reinforce
- What is the past tense of reinforce?
- The past tense of reinforce is reinforced.
- What is the past participle of reinforce?
- The past participle of reinforce is reinforced.
- Is reinforce a regular or irregular verb?
- Reinforce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reinforce (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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