Past tense of word
regular verb
The past tense of word is worded. The past participle is also worded.
Forms of word
| Base form (V1) | word /wɜːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | worded |
| Past participle (V3) | worded |
| Present participle | wording /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | words /wɜːdz/ |
Worded in a sentence
- strongly worded letter
- The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.1909, Jack London, chapter 11, in Martin Eden. From the entry rejection slip
- That afternoon, Labour tabled a craftily worded motion.2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: Inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in Katharine…. From the entry craftily
- When a nebulously worded joke tweet enters the normiesphere and you decide the juice isn't worth the squeeze.2022 December 9, @HarmlessYardDog, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023. From the entry normiesphere
- Most of the action reports are carefully worded statements by ship's officers who have been trained in the art of nonspeak.2002, Burl Burlingame, Advance Force Pearl Harbor. From the entry nonspeak
Meaning of word
- noun The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.).
- noun The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes.
- noun The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes.
Questions about the past tense of word
- What is the past tense of word?
- The past tense of word is worded.
- What is the past participle of word?
- The past participle of word is worded.
- Is word a regular or irregular verb?
- Word is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: word (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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