Past tense of suggest
regular verb
The past tense of suggest is suggested. The past participle is also suggested.
Forms of suggest
| Base form (V1) | suggest /səˈd͡ʒɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | suggested /səˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | suggested /səˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/ |
| Present participle | suggesting /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | suggests /səˈd͡ʒɛsts/ |
Suggested in a sentence
- This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.
- The guidebook suggested that we visit the local cathedral, so that's what we did.
- When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).From the entry itself
- To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.From the entry tough
- Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end.From the entry dead end
Meaning of suggest
- verb To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
- verb To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
- verb To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
Questions about the past tense of suggest
- What is the past tense of suggest?
- The past tense of suggest is suggested.
- What is the past participle of suggest?
- The past participle of suggest is suggested.
- Is suggest a regular or irregular verb?
- Suggest is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suggest (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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