Past tense of rent
regular verb
The past tense of rent is rented. The past participle is also rented.
Forms of rent
| Base form (V1) | rent /ˈɹɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rented /ˈɹɛn(t)ɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | rented /ˈɹɛn(t)ɪd/ |
| Present participle | renting /ˈɹɛntɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | rents |
Rented in a sentence
- I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
- We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
- We rented a truck big enough to carry the whole load in one trip.From the entry truck
- That is a scungy lawn in front of the rented flat down the road.From the entry scungy
- The landlord had been warned twice about noninstallation of smoke alarms in the properties he rented.From the entry noninstallation
Meaning of rent
- noun A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
- noun A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- noun A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
Questions about the past tense of rent
- What is the past tense of rent?
- The past tense of rent is rented.
- What is the past participle of rent?
- The past participle of rent is rented.
- Is rent a regular or irregular verb?
- Rent is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rent (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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