Past tense of root
regular verb
The past tense of root is rooted. The past participle is also rooted.
Forms of root
| Base form (V1) | root /ɹuːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rooted /ˈɹuːtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | rooted /ˈɹuːtɪd/ |
| Present participle | rooting |
| Third person singular | roots /ɹuːts/ |
Rooted in a sentence
- We rooted some cuttings last summer.
- Massacres that take place during war often seem to be rooted in irrational emotion.2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian
- Wang notes that flowers have rooted and grow in the area once covered with ice.From the entry once
- I'm going to have to call a mechanic, my car's rooted.From the entry rooted
- There’s only one rooted tree with two leaves, up to ordering.From the entry up to
Meaning of root
- noun The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- noun A root vegetable.
- noun The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
Questions about the past tense of root
- What is the past tense of root?
- The past tense of root is rooted.
- What is the past participle of root?
- The past participle of root is rooted.
- Is root a regular or irregular verb?
- Root is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: root (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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