Past tense of space
regular verb
The past tense of space is spaced. The past participle is also spaced.
Forms of space
| Base form (V1) | space /speɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | spaced |
| Past participle (V3) | spaced |
| Present participle | spacing /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | spaces /ˈspeɪsɪz/ |
Spaced in a sentence
- Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.
- The cities are evenly spaced.
- The chairs are too closely spaced; could you move them apart?From the entry closely
- She spaced out the yoga mats as much as she could while leaving room for some walkways.From the entry space out
- She spaced out her scheduled events as much as she could while leaving time for question-and-answer sessions.From the entry space out
Meaning of space
- noun The distance between objects.
- noun A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- noun A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
Questions about the past tense of space
- What is the past tense of space?
- The past tense of space is spaced.
- What is the past participle of space?
- The past participle of space is spaced.
- Is space a regular or irregular verb?
- Space is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: space (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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