Past tense of swear
irregular verb
The past tense of swear is swore. The past participle is sworn.
Forms of swear
| Base form (V1) | swear /ˈswɛə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | swore /swɔː/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sworn /swɔːn/ |
| Present participle | swearing |
| Third person singular | swears |
Past tense of swear by meaning
- to take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.: swore
- to be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.: sweared
Swore and sworn in a sentence
- The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.
- The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.
- He swore that, come what may, he'd never let her out of his sight again.From the entry come what may
- When he swore at me again, I couldn't hold back. So, I hit him for six.From the entry hit someone for six
- He swore that, come what may, he would never let her out of his sight again.From the entry out of one's sight
Meaning of swear
- verb To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
- verb To take an oath that an assertion is true.
- verb To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
Verbs like swear
Questions about the past tense of swear
- What is the past tense of swear?
- The past tense of swear is swore.
- What is the past participle of swear?
- The past participle of swear is sworn.
- Is swear a regular or irregular verb?
- Swear is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swear (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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