Past tense of search
regular verb
The past tense of search is searched. The past participle is also searched.
Forms of search
| Base form (V1) | search /sɜːt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | searched /sɝt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | searched /sɝt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | searching /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | searches /ˈsɝt͡ʃɪz/ |
Searched in a sentence
- I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
- I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.
- The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.From the entry talent
- Junk piled on the floor as we searched the attic for the old photograph albums.From the entry pile
- Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.From the entry temporary
Meaning of search
- noun An attempt to find something.
- noun The act of searching in general.
- verb To look in (a place) for something.
Questions about the past tense of search
- What is the past tense of search?
- The past tense of search is searched.
- What is the past participle of search?
- The past participle of search is searched.
- Is search a regular or irregular verb?
- Search is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: search (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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