Past tense of vow
regular verb
The past tense of vow is vowed. The past participle is also vowed.
Forms of vow
| Base form (V1) | vow /vaʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | vowed /vaʊd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | vowed /vaʊd/ |
| Present participle | vowing |
| Third person singular | vows |
Vowed in a sentence
- The wronged woman vowed revenge.
- The rebels vowed to continue their fight.
- The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.From the entry spartan
- Remembering the turmoil she experienced when her father left her mother, she vowed she would never be the other woman.From the entry other woman
- I vowed to be upsides with him.From the entry upsides with
Meaning of vow
- noun A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
- noun A declaration or assertion.
- noun A votive offering.
Questions about the past tense of vow
- What is the past tense of vow?
- The past tense of vow is vowed.
- What is the past participle of vow?
- The past participle of vow is vowed.
- Is vow a regular or irregular verb?
- Vow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vow (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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