Past tense of speed
irregular verb
The past tense of speed is sped or speeded. The past participle is also sped or speeded.
Forms of speed
| Base form (V1) | speed /spiːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sped /spɛd/ speeded /ˈspiːdəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sped /spɛd/ speeded /ˈspiːdəd/ |
| Present participle | speeding /ˈspiːdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | speeds |
Sped and speeded in a sentence
- Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.From the entry normally
- As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance.From the entry pull off
- I jumped in the car, and we sped off to the meeting.From the entry jump in
- The following wind sped us on our way.From the entry following
- The car sped up as it went around the corner.From the entry speed up
Meaning of speed
- noun The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
- noun The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
- noun The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
Verbs like speed
Questions about the past tense of speed
- What is the past tense of speed?
- The past tense of speed is sped or speeded.
- What is the past participle of speed?
- The past participle of speed is sped or speeded.
- Is speed a regular or irregular verb?
- Speed is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: speed (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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