Past tense of rocket
regular verb
The past tense of rocket is rocketed. The past participle is also rocketed.
Forms of rocket
| Base form (V1) | rocket /ˈɹɒk.ɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rocketed |
| Past participle (V3) | rocketed |
| Present participle | rocketing |
| Third person singular | rockets |
Rocketed in a sentence
- With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club, archived...
- The cost of food in the UK had rocketed by 25% since 2019, the researchers calculated, but if the post-Brexit trade restrictions were not in place then this increase would be only 17% – nearly a third lower.2023 May 24, Phillip Inman, “Brexit food trade barriers have cost UK households £7bn, report finds”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from...
- The TV talent show rocketed her from the small time to stardom.From the entry small time
- With a Godzillalike roar, the space orb Norma rocketed into the stratosphere.1995 July 18, Doug Clark, “Bowling Can Be Really Fun - Just Add Lots Of Gunpowder”, in The Spokesman-Review. From the entry Godzillalike
- BEFORE school rocketed into his tiny world with about as much warning as a sputnik, my son knew only little hates.1957 November 14, Sputnik [pseudonym], “My Son Hates School”, in Daily Record, number 19,357, Glasgow: Scottish Daily Record and Sunday…. From the entry sputnik
Meaning of rocket
- noun A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- noun A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- noun A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
Questions about the past tense of rocket
- What is the past tense of rocket?
- The past tense of rocket is rocketed.
- What is the past participle of rocket?
- The past participle of rocket is rocketed.
- Is rocket a regular or irregular verb?
- Rocket is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rocket (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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