Past tense of wear
irregular verb
The past tense of wear is wore. The past participle is worn.
Forms of wear
| Base form (V1) | wear /wɛə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wore /wɔː/ |
| Past participle (V3) | worn /wɔːn/ |
| Present participle | wearing /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | wears /wɛəz/ |
Wore and worn in a sentence
- She wore her medals with pride.
- He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01
- The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.From the entry button
- He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.From the entry strange
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.From the entry belt
Meaning of wear
- verb To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
- verb To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- verb To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
Verbs like wear
Questions about the past tense of wear
- What is the past tense of wear?
- The past tense of wear is wore.
- What is the past participle of wear?
- The past participle of wear is worn.
- Is wear a regular or irregular verb?
- Wear is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wear (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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