Past tense of wage
regular verb
The past tense of wage is waged. The past participle is also waged.
Forms of wage
| Base form (V1) | wage /weɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | waged /weɪd͡ʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | waged /weɪd͡ʒd/ |
| Present participle | waging |
| Third person singular | wages /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/ |
Waged in a sentence
- Setting our sights back on King’s Landing, where the Last War will be waged, makes a lot of sense, even if it does feel a bit anticlimactic after last week’s deadly, blustery maelstrom.2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the...
- He waged a ten-year campaign against the company that was polluting the river.From the entry against
- The others waged active war, claws xylophoning across Jack's pinwheeling swords.2015 July 7, Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus, Trollhunters: The Book That Inspired the Netflix Animated Series TROLLHUNTERS!, Disney…. From the entry xylophone
- Hybrid warfare is waged using a combination of regular and irregular warfare tools, concepts, and doctrines.2013, Jacquelyn K. Davis, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Anticipating a Nuclear Iran: Challenges for U.S. Security, →ISBN, page 200. From the entry hybrid warfare
- The Ethiopian Army waged a scorched-earth policy with saturation bombings and destruction of Eritrea's infrastructure.1993 April 24, Donatella Lorch, “Eritreans Voting on Independence From Ethiopia”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2013. From the entry scorched-earth policy
Meaning of wage
- noun An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
- verb To wager, bet.
- verb To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Questions about the past tense of wage
- What is the past tense of wage?
- The past tense of wage is waged.
- What is the past participle of wage?
- The past participle of wage is waged.
- Is wage a regular or irregular verb?
- Wage is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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