Past tense of uphold

Forms of uphold

Upheld in a sentence

• The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.From the entry vote
• The beaver in this instance upheld the reputation of the proverbial one: her output was prodigious.From the entry proverbial
• Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani.2026 January 21, Clare Duffy, Hadas Gold, “Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to let her out of prison early”, in CNN Business, archived from the…. From the entry restitution
• Appeals courts, including the 5th Circuit, have in the past upheld the federal ban in question.2025 January 30, Tierney Sneed, “Federal law banning handgun sales 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court rules”, in CNN…. From the entry prohibition
• Jefferson's hyperracial culture was not just upheld by students making sly comments in the shadows.2017, Shayla Reese Griffin, Those Kids, Our Schools: Race and Reform in an American High School, Harvard Education Press, →ISBN. From the entry hyperracial

Meaning of uphold

1. verb To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
2. verb To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling.
3. verb To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned).

Full definition of uphold

Verbs like uphold

• tell (told)
• hold (held)
• sell (sold)
• behold (beheld)
• withhold (withheld)

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Questions about the past tense of uphold

What is the past tense of uphold?

The past tense of uphold is upheld.

What is the past participle of uphold?

The past participle of uphold is upheld.

Is uphold a regular or irregular verb?

Uphold is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.