Past tense of surround
regular verb
The past tense of surround is surrounded. The past participle is also surrounded.
Forms of surround
| Base form (V1) | surround /səˈɹaʊnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | surrounded /səˈɹaʊndɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | surrounded /səˈɹaʊndɪd/ |
| Present participle | surrounding /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | surrounds |
Surrounded in a sentence
- The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.
- They surrounded each other in the classroom and started trading hits.
- The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.From the entry flight
- The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.From the entry commons
- It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town.From the entry one-horse town
Meaning of surround
- verb To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- verb To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- verb To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
Questions about the past tense of surround
- What is the past tense of surround?
- The past tense of surround is surrounded.
- What is the past participle of surround?
- The past participle of surround is surrounded.
- Is surround a regular or irregular verb?
- Surround is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surround (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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