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break

What is the past tense of break?

The past tense of break is broke, and the past participle is broken.

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

All forms of break

as a noun

base
break
plural
breaks

as a verb

base
break
past tense
broke
past participle
broken
present participle
breaking
third-person singular
breaks