Past tense of rid
irregular verb
The past tense of rid is rid or ridded. The past participle is also rid or ridded.
Forms of rid
| Base form (V1) | rid /ɹɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rid /ɹɪd/ ridded |
| Past participle (V3) | rid /ɹɪd/ ridded |
| Present participle | ridding |
| Third person singular | rids |
Less standard forms: ridden (nonstandard).
Meaning of rid
- verb Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
- verb Followed by away, from, or out of: to remove (oneself or someone, or something, that is annoying, troublesome, or unwanted).
- verb Often followed by from, of, or out of: to free or release, or to rescue or save, (oneself or someone, or something).
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Questions about the past tense of rid
- What is the past tense of rid?
- The past tense of rid is rid or ridded.
- What is the past participle of rid?
- The past participle of rid is rid or ridded.
- Is rid a regular or irregular verb?
- Rid is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.
- Is ridden correct?
- ridden is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of rid is rid or ridded.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rid (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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