Past tense of run
irregular verb
The past tense of run is ran. The past participle is run.
Forms of run
| Base form (V1) | run /ɹʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ran /ɹæn/ |
| Past participle (V3) | run /ɹʌn/ |
| Present participle | running /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | runs /ɹʌnz/ |
Ran in a sentence
- Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122
- Challenger and I ran Summerlee along, one at each of his elbows, while Lord John covered our retreat, firing again and again as savage heads snarled at us out of the bushes.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.From the entry in
- I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.From the entry deer
- Several horses ran in a horse race: the first one to reach the finishing post won.From the entry race
Meaning of run
- verb To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- verb To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- verb To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
Verbs like run
Questions about the past tense of run
- What is the past tense of run?
- The past tense of run is ran.
- What is the past participle of run?
- The past participle of run is run.
- Is run a regular or irregular verb?
- Run is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: run (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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