Past tense of scale
regular verb
The past tense of scale is scaled. The past participle is also scaled.
Forms of scale
| Base form (V1) | scale /skeɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scaled /skeɪld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | scaled /skeɪld/ |
| Present participle | scaling /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | scales /skeɪlz/ |
Scaled in a sentence
- Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
- At last I came to the great barrier-cliffs; and after three days of mad effort—of maniacal effort—I scaled them.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....
- A pantograph can be adjusted to make either scaled or exact copies.From the entry pantograph
- I scaled back my hours to be with the kids more.From the entry scale back
- The salmon are first headed and then scaled.From the entry head
Meaning of scale
- noun A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
- noun An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
- noun Size; scope.
Questions about the past tense of scale
- What is the past tense of scale?
- The past tense of scale is scaled.
- What is the past participle of scale?
- The past participle of scale is scaled.
- Is scale a regular or irregular verb?
- Scale is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scale (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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