Past tense of waive
regular verb
The past tense of waive is waived. The past participle is also waived.
Forms of waive
| Base form (V1) | waive /weɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | waived |
| Past participle (V3) | waived |
| Present participle | waiving |
| Third person singular | waives |
Waived in a sentence
- Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg waived the city’s zoning standards to allow micro-apartments.2016 December 28, Dan Hernandez, “Is an even smaller New York apartment the key to sustainable living?”, in The Guardian
- Nearly 1,200 players will be cut, waived, or sent packing, and the scramble to land on a practice squad or catch on elsewhere will move fast.2025 August 24, Ryan Miller, “NFL roster cuts 2025: What to know about 53-man deadline, waivers, and practice squads”, in Rochester...
- Even if methodological shortcomings were waived, there is no proof of a Hawthorne effect in the original data.2006 October, Michiel AJ Kompier, “The “Hawthorne effect” is a myth, but what keeps the story going?”, in Scandinavian Journal of Work…. From the entry Hawthorne effect
- The definition for consensual non-consent is a mutual agreement where the Dom is able to act as if the sub has waived all consent.2021 January 20, Masterboundyou, “5 Things You Need To Know About Consensual Non-consent”, in Bound You (article), retrieved 17 Jul 2025. From the entry consensual non-consent
- "No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor."2013 November, “Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License”, in Wikisource. From the entry expressly
Meaning of waive
- verb To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
- verb To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.
- verb To release [a player] onto the waiver wire.
Questions about the past tense of waive
- What is the past tense of waive?
- The past tense of waive is waived.
- What is the past participle of waive?
- The past participle of waive is waived.
- Is waive a regular or irregular verb?
- Waive is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: waive (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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