Past tense of start
regular verb
The past tense of start is started. The past participle is also started.
Forms of start
| Base form (V1) | start /stɑːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | started [ˈstɑɹɾɪd] |
| Past participle (V3) | started [ˈstɑɹɾɪd] |
| Present participle | starting /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | starts |
Started in a sentence
- A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- The rain started at 9:00.
- The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.From the entry hour
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.From the entry merchandise
- I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.From the entry take
Meaning of start
- noun The beginning of an activity.
- noun A sudden involuntary movement.
- noun The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
Questions about the past tense of start
- What is the past tense of start?
- The past tense of start is started.
- What is the past participle of start?
- The past participle of start is started.
- Is start a regular or irregular verb?
- Start is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: start (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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