did
pronunciation
How to pronounce did in British English:
UK [dɪd]
How to pronounce did in American English:
US [dɪd]
Word Origin
- did (v.)
- Old English dyde, past tense of do (v.). The only remainder in Germanic of the old linguistic pattern of forming a past tense by reduplication of the stem of the present tense. Far back in Germanic the equivalent of did was used as a suffix to make the past tenses of other verbs, hence the English -ed suffix (Old English -de).
Example
- 1. So they did something about it .
- 2. I hope you find the devil who did this .
- 3. We did really well here .
- 4. And they did just that .
- 5. And so we all did .