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Past tense of reset

irregular verb

The past tense of reset is reset. The past participle is also reset.

Forms of reset

Base form (V1)reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/
Past tense (V2)reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/
Past participle (V3)reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/
Present participleresetting
Third person singularresets

Past tense of reset by meaning

  1. to set back to the initial state.: reset
  2. to receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.): resetted

Meaning of reset

  1. verb To set back to the initial state.
  2. verb To set to zero.
  3. verb To adjust; to set or position differently.

Full definition of reset

Verbs like reset

Questions about the past tense of reset

What is the past tense of reset?
The past tense of reset is reset.
What is the past participle of reset?
The past participle of reset is reset.
Is reset a regular or irregular verb?
Reset is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reset (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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