Past tense of rescue
regular verb
The past tense of rescue is rescued. The past participle is also rescued.
Forms of rescue
| Base form (V1) | rescue /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rescued /ˈɹɛs.kjuːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | rescued /ˈɹɛs.kjuːd/ |
| Present participle | rescuing |
| Third person singular | rescues |
Rescued in a sentence
- The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
- The students’ final mission was their longest: a trip across the Nile to the city of Omdurman, at the request of Rwandan diplomats, to rescue a woman who, unlike the first they rescued, really was pregnant.2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times
- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.From the entry ration
- The lost mountaineer was easily rescued because his phone transmitted his geocoordinates to the emergency services.From the entry geocoordinate
- There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.From the entry remote
Meaning of rescue
- verb To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- verb To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- verb To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
Questions about the past tense of rescue
- What is the past tense of rescue?
- The past tense of rescue is rescued.
- What is the past participle of rescue?
- The past participle of rescue is rescued.
- Is rescue a regular or irregular verb?
- Rescue is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rescue (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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