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Past tense of write

irregular verb

The past tense of write is wrote. The past participle is written.

Forms of write

Base form (V1)write /ɹaɪt/
Past tense (V2)wrote /ɹəʊt/
Past participle (V3)written /ˈɹɪ.tn̩/
Present participlewriting /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/
Third person singularwrites /ɹaɪts/

Wrote and written in a sentence

  • The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
  • Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
  • The note I think he said she wrote is nowhere to be found.From the entry say
  • The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.From the entry pseudonym
  • Terry wrote that module? I didn't know she was a hack too!From the entry hack

Meaning of write

  1. verb To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
  2. verb To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
  3. verb To compose and send written information (to).

Full definition of write

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Questions about the past tense of write

What is the past tense of write?
The past tense of write is wrote.
What is the past participle of write?
The past participle of write is written.
Is write a regular or irregular verb?
Write is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: write (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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