Past tense of think
irregular verb
The past tense of think is thought. The past participle is also thought.
Forms of think
| Base form (V1) | think /ˈθɪŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | thought /θɔt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | thought /θɔt/ |
| Present participle | thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | thinks /θɪŋks/ |
Thought in a sentence
- Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
- "I should phone my mother," I thought.
- In a democratic world you'd be able to say what you thought wherever you were.From the entry able
- I thought you said you were above these kinds of antics.From the entry above
- He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.From the entry can
Meaning of think
- verb To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- verb To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- verb To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
Verbs like think
Questions about the past tense of think
- What is the past tense of think?
- The past tense of think is thought.
- What is the past participle of think?
- The past participle of think is thought.
- Is think a regular or irregular verb?
- Think is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: think (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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