Past tense of trade
regular verb
The past tense of trade is traded. The past participle is also traded.
Forms of trade
| Base form (V1) | trade /tɹeɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | traded /ˈtɹeɪdɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | traded /ˈtɹeɪdɪd/ |
| Present participle | trading /ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | trades /tɹeɪdz/ |
Traded in a sentence
- The rival schoolboys traded insults and punches.
- Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.From the entry shareholder
- So much petroleum is traded world wide that it forms a megamarket.From the entry megamarket
- Historically, spiegeleisen was the standard form in which manganese was traded and used in steelmaking.From the entry spiegeleisen
- The business was sold to a publicly traded clean shell to achieve rapid liquidity for the owners.From the entry clean shell
Meaning of trade
- noun The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
- noun A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.
- noun An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.
Questions about the past tense of trade
- What is the past tense of trade?
- The past tense of trade is traded.
- What is the past participle of trade?
- The past participle of trade is traded.
- Is trade a regular or irregular verb?
- Trade is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trade (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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