Past tense of ship
regular verb
The past tense of ship is shipped. The past participle is also shipped.
Forms of ship
| Base form (V1) | ship /ˈʃɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shipped /ʃɪpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | shipped /ʃɪpt/ |
| Present participle | shipping /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | ships /ʃɪps/ |
Shipped in a sentence
- I shipped on a man-of-war.
- They shipped penalties, lost field position, and in the second-half, having retreated to the changing room buoyed by Dougie Fife’s well-worked try, found themselves ceding two-thirds of the territory and with it, the lion’s share of the ball.2015 February 11, “Six Nations: Scotland raw but capable of improving”, in The Scotsman
- We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.From the entry unit
- The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.From the entry freighter
- If we don't reduce the makespan of that product, the order won't be shipped on time.From the entry makespan
Meaning of ship
- noun A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- noun A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- noun A spaceship.
Questions about the past tense of ship
- What is the past tense of ship?
- The past tense of ship is shipped.
- What is the past participle of ship?
- The past participle of ship is shipped.
- Is ship a regular or irregular verb?
- Ship is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ship (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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