Past tense of text
regular verb
The past tense of text is texted. The past participle is also texted.
Forms of text
| Base form (V1) | text /tɛkst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | texted /tɛkstɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | texted /tɛkstɪd/ |
| Present participle | texting /ˈtɛkstɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | texts /tɛksts/ |
Less standard forms: text (colloquial).
Texted in a sentence
- When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home.From the entry textonym
- “You could’ve just texted,” I point out, sidestepping her to unlock Miles’ car.2023, S. Massery, Secret Obsession, →ISBN. From the entry backup camera
- Coleman left and Passow texted him an apology, the Intercept reported.2020 August 26, Carter Sherman, “Teen Democratic Candidate Aaron Coleman Accused of Choking His Girlfriend”, in VICE, archived from the…. From the entry Coleman
- She’d texted her and cash-apped her share of the bill, so there was that.2020, Kwana Jackson, Real Men Knit, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry cash-app
- “It was rly nice,” a close friend texted me recently, reporting on her third date with a lawyer.2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025. From the entry rly
Meaning of text
- noun A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- noun A book, tome or other set of writings.
- noun Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Questions about the past tense of text
- What is the past tense of text?
- The past tense of text is texted.
- What is the past participle of text?
- The past participle of text is texted.
- Is text a regular or irregular verb?
- Text is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is text correct?
- text is marked colloquial in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of text is texted.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: text (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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