Past tense of restore
regular verb
The past tense of restore is restored. The past participle is also restored.
Forms of restore
| Base form (V1) | restore /ɹɪˈstɔː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | restored /ɹɪˈstɔɹd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | restored /ɹɪˈstɔɹd/ |
| Present participle | restoring |
| Third person singular | restores |
Restored in a sentence
- He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
- As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.From the entry erect
- After the hurricane, before law was restored, looters stole everything that wasn't nailed down.From the entry looter
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.From the entry depose
- The inside of the building has been extensively restored.From the entry inside
Meaning of restore
- verb To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
- verb To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
- verb To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
Questions about the past tense of restore
- What is the past tense of restore?
- The past tense of restore is restored.
- What is the past participle of restore?
- The past participle of restore is restored.
- Is restore a regular or irregular verb?
- Restore is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: restore (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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