Past tense of venture
regular verb
The past tense of venture is ventured. The past participle is also ventured.
Forms of venture
| Base form (V1) | venture /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ventured /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | ventured /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚd/ |
| Present participle | venturing |
| Third person singular | ventures |
Ventured in a sentence
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- We waited for the storm to relent before we ventured outside.From the entry relent
- Residents of the city rarely ventured outside.From the entry outside
- We ventured deep into the forest.From the entry deep
- “Do you think we might have more than one child?” he ventured.2018, Lark Westerly, The Kissing Ring, eXtasy Books, →ISBN, page 359. From the entry auncle
Meaning of venture
- noun A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- noun An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- noun The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
Questions about the past tense of venture
- What is the past tense of venture?
- The past tense of venture is ventured.
- What is the past participle of venture?
- The past participle of venture is ventured.
- Is venture a regular or irregular verb?
- Venture is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: venture (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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