Past tense of try
regular verb
The past tense of try is tried. The past participle is also tried.
Forms of try
| Base form (V1) | try /tɹaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tried /tɹaɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tried /tɹaɪd/ |
| Present participle | trying /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | tries /tɹaɪz/ |
Tried in a sentence
- I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
- Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page...
- After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.From the entry nonsense
- They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.From the entry color
- They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.From the entry zero
Meaning of try
- verb To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- verb To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
- verb To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
Questions about the past tense of try
- What is the past tense of try?
- The past tense of try is tried.
- What is the past participle of try?
- The past participle of try is tried.
- Is try a regular or irregular verb?
- Try is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: try (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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