Past tense of renew
regular verb
The past tense of renew is renewed. The past participle is also renewed.
Forms of renew
| Base form (V1) | renew /ɹɪˈnjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | renewed |
| Past participle (V3) | renewed |
| Present participle | renewing |
| Third person singular | renews |
Renewed in a sentence
- This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.
- A renewed sense of national pride arose in Hitler's antebellum Germany.From the entry antebellum
- The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.From the entry expendable
- Recent years have seen renewed interest in pragmatic research within the realm of social media platforms.2023, Li, H.X., Liu, J.Y. and Zhang, X.Y., “A Pragmatic Study of Self-Depreciation in Social Media Context”, in Open Access Library Journal. From the entry self-depreciation
- As we continue to participate with our ritual, our stories are renewed.2022, Dori S. Koehler, “I Am Disney Bound: Costuming as Psycho-Spiritual Practice”, in Priscilla Hobbs, editor, Interpreting and…. From the entry Disneybound
Meaning of renew
- verb To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
- verb To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
- verb To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Questions about the past tense of renew
- What is the past tense of renew?
- The past tense of renew is renewed.
- What is the past participle of renew?
- The past participle of renew is renewed.
- Is renew a regular or irregular verb?
- Renew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: renew (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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