Past tense of staple
regular verb
The past tense of staple is stapled. The past participle is also stapled.
Forms of staple
| Base form (V1) | staple /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stapled |
| Past participle (V3) | stapled |
| Present participle | stapling |
| Third person singular | staples |
Stapled in a sentence
- They stapled the documents with an office stapler, putting a staple in the top left corner of each one.
- They stapled the housewrap with a staple gun firing large staples.
- He had stapled extra long sleeves to the suit so that he would have Mr.2007 April 22, “Amanda Cody and Mark Donohue”, in New York Times. From the entry tentaclelike
- Everywhere Nokias and Samsungs are stapled to eager ears, clipped onto trousers or slipped into purses.2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs, →ISBN. From the entry Samsung
- However, stapled hemorrhoidopexy is gaining popularity and presents a new option for treating hemorrhoids.2006, Barbara L. Bittner, American Academy of Family Physicians, Guiding the patient through minimally invasive surgery. From the entry hemorrhoidopexy
Meaning of staple
- noun A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- noun Place of supply; source.
- noun The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
Questions about the past tense of staple
- What is the past tense of staple?
- The past tense of staple is stapled.
- What is the past participle of staple?
- The past participle of staple is stapled.
- Is staple a regular or irregular verb?
- Staple is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: staple (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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