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Past tense of reposition

regular verb

The past tense of reposition is repositioned. The past participle is also repositioned.

Forms of reposition

Base form (V1)reposition
Past tense (V2)repositioned
Past participle (V3)repositioned
Present participlerepositioning
Third person singularrepositions

Repositioned in a sentence

  • Afrikanerdom is being repositioned as an endangered minority within a liberal democracy.2006, Chris Brink, No lesser place: the taaldebat at Stellenbosch. From the entry Afrikanerdom
  • A great vision of barbecues ablaze, televisions repositioned and six times a boozy roar across the back gardens.2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in…. From the entry back garden
  • The intestines were repositioned, and the abdominal musculature and skin incisions were closed by standard techniques with absorbable suture and autoclips.2015 August 8, “Aggravated Cardiac Remodeling post Aortocaval Fistula in Unilateral Nephrectomized Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry autoclips
  • Every so often a leg would ponderously rise and anchor itself elsewhere, as a sifter repositioned itself with the changing wind.2013, A J Dalton, Gateway of the Saviours. From the entry besail
  • Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.2003, Christopher Neame, Rungs on a Ladder: Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze, page 23. From the entry pup

Meaning of reposition

  1. verb To put into a new position.
  2. noun The act of putting into a new position.

Full definition of reposition

Questions about the past tense of reposition

What is the past tense of reposition?
The past tense of reposition is repositioned.
What is the past participle of reposition?
The past participle of reposition is repositioned.
Is reposition a regular or irregular verb?
Reposition is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reposition (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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