Past tense of suppress
regular verb
The past tense of suppress is suppressed. The past participle is also suppressed.
Forms of suppress
| Base form (V1) | suppress /səˈpɹɛs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | suppressed /səˈpɹɛst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | suppressed /səˈpɹɛst/ |
| Present participle | suppressing |
| Third person singular | suppresses |
Suppressed in a sentence
- Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- Court ruled that physical evidence that was the fruit of an unmirandized interrogation need not be suppressed.From the entry unmirandized
- The report was suppressed and never saw daylight.From the entry see daylight
- They ruthlessly suppressed any dissent for fear that it would inspire the citizens to take some sort of collective action against the government.From the entry collective action
Meaning of suppress
- verb To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- verb To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- verb To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
Questions about the past tense of suppress
- What is the past tense of suppress?
- The past tense of suppress is suppressed.
- What is the past participle of suppress?
- The past participle of suppress is suppressed.
- Is suppress a regular or irregular verb?
- Suppress is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suppress (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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