Past tense of zoom
regular verb
The past tense of zoom is zoomed. The past participle is also zoomed.
Forms of zoom
| Base form (V1) | zoom /zuːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | zoomed |
| Past participle (V3) | zoomed |
| Present participle | zooming /ˈzuːmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | zooms |
Zoomed in a sentence
- We zoomed along the highway.
- It hit the floor and zoomed into a huge carboy of clams that split in half and emptied a hundred shell-fish over the floor.1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 160
- She said that the unidentified flying object then turned around, zoomed to a higher altitude, and loitered briefly before speeding off.From the entry unidentified flying object
- The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.From the entry sled
- Our time together has zoomed by.From the entry zoom by
Meaning of zoom
- noun A humming noise from something moving very fast.
- noun A quick ascent.
- noun A big increase.
Questions about the past tense of zoom
- What is the past tense of zoom?
- The past tense of zoom is zoomed.
- What is the past participle of zoom?
- The past participle of zoom is zoomed.
- Is zoom a regular or irregular verb?
- Zoom is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zoom (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.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of zoom.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/zoom. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.