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know

What is the past tense of know?

The past tense of know is knew, and the past participle is known.

Know is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of know

as a noun

base
know
plural
knows

as a verb

base
know
past tense
knew
past participle
known
present participle
knowing
third-person singular
knows