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Past tense of rig

regular verb

The past tense of rig is rigged. The past participle is also rigged.

Forms of rig

Base form (V1)rig /ɹɪɡ/
Past tense (V2)rigged /ɹɪɡd/
Past participle (V3)rigged /ɹɪɡd/
Present participlerigging /ˈɹɪɡɪŋ/
Third person singularrigs /ɹɪɡz/

Rigged in a sentence

  • The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.From the entry disorder
  • There was a vicious rumour that the final was rigged, as the defense seemed useless.From the entry rigged
  • We were ready to embark upon our journey now the vessel was rigged.From the entry rigged
  • All over the world, know-nothing xenophobes are claiming – without evidence – that climate science is rigged.2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian. From the entry know-nothing
  • Symmetrophiles calibrated to the milieu were skeletal sloops rigged with prettily cut jibs and tawdry spinnakers.2016, Frank Morris, The Pearl in the Diamond World, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry symmetrophile

Meaning of rig

  1. noun The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  2. noun Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  3. noun A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.

Full definition of rig

Questions about the past tense of rig

What is the past tense of rig?
The past tense of rig is rigged.
What is the past participle of rig?
The past participle of rig is rigged.
Is rig a regular or irregular verb?
Rig is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rig (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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