Past tense of vent
regular verb
The past tense of vent is vented. The past participle is also vented.
Forms of vent
| Base form (V1) | vent /vɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | vented |
| Past participle (V3) | vented |
| Present participle | venting |
| Third person singular | vents |
Vented in a sentence
- Five seconds later the engine room was vented to the sea.1984, Tom Clancy, “The Eighth Day: Friday, 10 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN...
- Exhaust is vented to the outside.
- Don’t sit over there actin’ like you did somethin’ magical,” Jada vented.2012 May 30, Awnye` Latrice, Love's Remix, Author House, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry ain't
- Zander took out a silk handkerchief and vented some unpleasing odour from his mouth.2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 86. From the entry unpleasing
- Piliso then vented his anger on us, accusing us of lying to him.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 75. From the entry presume
Meaning of vent
- noun An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- noun A small aperture.
- noun An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
Questions about the past tense of vent
- What is the past tense of vent?
- The past tense of vent is vented.
- What is the past participle of vent?
- The past participle of vent is vented.
- Is vent a regular or irregular verb?
- Vent is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vent (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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