Past tense of seize
regular verb
The past tense of seize is seized. The past participle is also seized.
Forms of seize
| Base form (V1) | seize /ˈsiːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | seized /siːzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | seized /siːzd/ |
| Present participle | seizing /ˈsizɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | seizes |
Seized in a sentence
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.From the entry occasion
- Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.From the entry seize up
- It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.From the entry seize up
Meaning of seize
- verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- verb To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- verb To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
Questions about the past tense of seize
- What is the past tense of seize?
- The past tense of seize is seized.
- What is the past participle of seize?
- The past participle of seize is seized.
- Is seize a regular or irregular verb?
- Seize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seize (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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