Past tense of risk
regular verb
The past tense of risk is risked. The past participle is also risked.
Forms of risk
| Base form (V1) | risk /ɹɪsk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | risked |
| Past participle (V3) | risked |
| Present participle | risking |
| Third person singular | risks /ɹɪsks/ |
Risked in a sentence
- The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.From the entry repunctuate
- Breaking radio silence risked disclosing our presence.From the entry break silence
- O’Sullivan risked a plant that went badly astray, splitting the reds.2008 April 28, Phil Yates, The Times. From the entry plant
- If you were lucky enough to survive all this lunacy, you always risked capture.2006 Hirchak, John Hirchak. Ghosts of Old Wilmington, page 27 (The History Press; →ISBN). From the entry a short drop and a sudden stop
- If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31. From the entry slat
Meaning of risk
- noun The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- noun The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- noun The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
Questions about the past tense of risk
- What is the past tense of risk?
- The past tense of risk is risked.
- What is the past participle of risk?
- The past participle of risk is risked.
- Is risk a regular or irregular verb?
- Risk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: risk (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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