trip past meaning

Conjugation verb trip

Model : stop

Auxiliary : have , be

Other forms: trip oneself / not trip

Contractions

• he/she/it trips
• you tripped
• he/she/it tripped
• they tripped

Present continuous

• I am tripping
• you are tripping
• he/she/it is tripping
• we are tripping
• they are tripping

Present perfect

• I have tripped
• you have tripped
• he/she/it has tripped
• we have tripped
• they have tripped
• I will trip
• you will trip
• he/she/it will trip
• we will trip
• they will trip

Future perfect

• I will have tripped
• you will have tripped
• he/she/it will have tripped
• we will have tripped
• they will have tripped

Past continous

• I was tripping
• you were tripping
• he/she/it was tripping
• we were tripping
• they were tripping

Past perfect

• I had tripped
• you had tripped
• he/she/it had tripped
• we had tripped
• they had tripped

Future continuous

• I will be tripping
• you will be tripping
• he/she/it will be tripping
• we will be tripping
• they will be tripping

Present perfect continuous

• I have been tripping
• you have been tripping
• he/she/it has been tripping
• we have been tripping
• they have been tripping

Past perfect continuous

• I had been tripping
• you had been tripping
• he/she/it had been tripping
• we had been tripping
• they had been tripping

Future perfect continuous

• I will have been tripping
• you will have been tripping
• he/she/it will have been tripping
• we will have been tripping
• they will have been tripping

Perfect participle

• having tripped

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• 1.1.1 Pronunciation
• 1.1.2.1 Hyponyms
• 1.1.2.2 Derived terms
• 1.1.2.3 Translations
• 1.1.3.1 Derived terms
• 1.1.3.2 Translations
• 1.1.4 Adjective
• 1.2.2 References
• 1.3 See also
• 1.4 Anagrams
• 2.1 Etymology
• 2.2 Pronunciation
• 2.3.1 Derived terms
• 2.3.2 Related terms
• 3.1 Etymology
• 3.2 Pronunciation
• 4.1.1 Alternative forms
• 4.1.2 Pronunciation
• 4.1.3.1 Descendants
• 4.1.3.2 References
• 5.1 Etymology
• 5.2 Pronunciation
• 5.3.1 Declension
• 5.4 Further reading
• 6.1 Etymology
• 6.2 Pronunciation
• 6.3.1 Inflection
• 7.1 Etymology
• 8.1 Etymology
• 8.2 Pronunciation
• 8.3.1 Derived terms
• 8.3.2 Related terms
• 8.3.3 See also
• 8.5 Further reading

English [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ].

From Middle English trippen ( “ tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance ” ) , perhaps from Old French triper ( “ to hop or dance around, strike with the feet ” ) , from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen ( “ to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample ” ) (> Modern Dutch trippelen ( “ to toddle, patter, trip ” ) ). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe ( “ to trip ” ) , Swedish trippa ( “ to mince, trip ” ) ), West Frisian tripje ( “ to toddle, trip ” ) , German trippeln ( “ to scurry ” ) , Old English treppan ( “ to trample, tread ” ) . Related also to trap , tramp .

Pronunciation [ edit ]

• enPR : trĭp , IPA ( key ) : /tɹɪp/ , [tʰɹɪp]
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun [ edit ]

trip ( plural trips )

• 1918 , Ralph Henry Barbour , Lost Island : I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,
• 1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC : We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
• A stumble or misstep . He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
• 1671 , John Milton , “ (please specify the page) ”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes , London: [ … ] J. M [ acock ] for John Starkey   [ … ] , →OCLC : Imperfect words, with childish trips .
• 1767 , Walter Harte , The amaranth; or, Religious poems : Each seeming trip , and each digressive start.
• 1967 , Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies , New York: Time, Inc, page 2 : Unlike other accepted stimuli, from nicotine to liquor, the hallucinogens promise those who take the “ trip ” a magic-carpet escape from dull reality in which perceptions are heightened, sense distorted, and the imagination permanently bedazzled with ecstatic visions of teleological verity.
• 1969 , Merle Haggard (lyrics and music), “ Okie from Muskogee ”: We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee / We don't take our trips on LSD
• 1974 April 13, Heather Anderson, “Hustling”, in Gay Community News , page 2: Many of them admit to having suppressed any tendency toward homosexual behavior for the greater part of their lives—yet—denial becomes too heavy a trip after a period of time, and eventually curiosity wins out.
• A faux pas , a social error .
• ( engineering ) A mechanical cutout device.
• ( electricity ) A trip-switch or cut-out . It's dark because the trip operated.
• 1814 July 7, [ Walter Scott ], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since.   [ … ] , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III) , Edinburgh:   [ … ] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , →OCLC : His heart bounded as he sometimes could distinctly hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.
• ( obsolete ) A small piece; a morsel ; a bit. Synonyms: see Thesaurus: modicum
• 1661 December 10, Robert South, False Foundations Removed [ … ] : It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
• 1697 , Virgil , “Georgic II”, in John Dryden , transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.   [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson ,   [ … ] , →OCLC : And watches with a trip his foe to foil.
• ( nautical ) A single board , or tack , in plying , or beating , to windward .

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary , which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “ trip ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC . )

Hyponyms [ edit ]

• business trip
• pleasure trip
• school trip

Derived terms [ edit ]

• businessman's trip
• facility trip
• have a safe trip home
• trip down memory lane
• trip hammer
• trip odometer
• trip sitter
• trip sitting
• trip switch
• trip to Jerusalem
• trip to the woodshed
• trip working

Verb [ edit ]

trip ( third-person singular simple present trips , present participle tripping , simple past and past participle tripped )

• ( intransitive ) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
• 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs , “ Tarzan of the Apes ”, in The All-Story , New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co. , →OCLC ; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes , New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company , 1914 June, →OCLC : Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.
• c. 1503–1512 , John Skelton , Ware the Hauke ; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems , 1983 , →OCLC , page 66 , lines 152–155 : And the Pharasay / Then durst nothynge say, / But let the matter slyp, / And made truth to tryp ;
• 1689 (indicated as 1690 ) , [ John Locke ], “Remedies of the Imperfection and Abuse of Words”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding.   [ … ] , London: [ … ] Eliz [ abeth ] Holt, for Thomas Basset,   [ … ] , →OCLC , book III, page 250 : [T]ill his Tongue trips
• 1692–1717 , Robert South , “Discourse upon 2 Thessalonians ii.II”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions , 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI) , London: [ … ] J [ ames ] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer,   [ … ] , published 1727 , →OCLC : A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.
• 1697 , Virgil , translated by John Dryden , The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.   [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson ,   [ … ] , →OCLC : Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip , but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.
• 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Cymbeline ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies   [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act V, scene v ] : These her women can trip me if I err.
• ( transitive ) To activate or set in motion , as in the activation of a trap , explosive , or switch . When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
• ( intransitive ) To be activated, as by a signal or an event The alarm system tripped , throwing everyone into a panic.
• 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated , page 652 : From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.
• 2023 August 23, “Network News: CCTV helps save track workers from being struck by train”, in RAIL , number 990 , page 10 : The 25kV had repeatedly tripped and the two had split from a larger group to operate an overhead line isolating switch.
• 1970 , Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne (lyrics and music), “Fairies Wear Boots”, in Paranoid , performed by Black Sabbath: So, I went to the doctor, see what he could give me / He said, "Son, son, you've gone too far / 'Cause smokin' and trippin ’ is all that you do," / Yeeeeeeaaaaaah
• ( intransitive ) To journey , to make a trip. Last summer, we tripped to the coast.
• a. 1645 , John Milton , “ L’Allegro ”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton,   [ … ] , London: [ … ] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely ,   [ … ] , published 1646 , →OCLC : Come, and trip it, as ye go, / On the light fantastic toe.
• 1687 , [John Dryden] , “ (please specify the page number) ”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts , 2nd edition, London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson   [ … ] , →OCLC : She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.
• 1819 June 23 , Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving ], “The Wife”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. , number I, New York, N.Y.: [ … ] C. S. Van Winkle,   [ … ] , →OCLC , page 53 : A bright beautiful face glanced out at the window, and vanished—a light footstep was heard—and Mary came tripping forth to meet us.
• ( nautical ) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
• ( nautical ) To pull (a yard ) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
• 2003 , “What's a Pimp?”, in Married to the Game , performed by Too $hort : If she ain't with it, I find another little chick / I'm quick to switch, even when I was six / I had a backup bitch, when my bitch would trip / I'd go play with my other girlfriend and get me a kiss / And at the age of thirty-six I'm to the same old tricks
• trip from the tongue
• trip off the tongue
• trip over one's feet
• trip over one's own two feet
• trip the light fantastic
• tripwire , trip wire

Adjective [ edit ]

trip ( not comparable )

• ( poker slang ) Of or relating to trips ( three of a kind ) .

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From Middle English tryppe , from Old French trippe . Possibly related to troop .

• ( obsolete , UK , Scotland , dialect ) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
• ( obsolete ) A troop of men; a host .
• A flock of wigeons .

References [ edit ]

• The Chambers Dictionary , 10th edition, entry trip .

See also [ edit ]

Anagrams [ edit ], dutch [ edit ], etymology [ edit ].

Borrowed from English trip .

• IPA ( key ) : /trɪp/
• Hyphenation: trip

trip   m ( plural trips , diminutive tripje   n )

• a trip , a short excursion , a vacation , travelling Synonyms: plezierreis , uitje , uitstapje
• hallucination , tripping
• pleziertrip

Related terms [ edit ]

Kalasha [ edit ].

From Sanskrit तृप्र ( tṛprá , “ distress ” )

• IPA ( key ) : /t̪rip/
• sickness , trouble

Middle English [ edit ]

From Anglo-Norman trippe ( “ dance ” ) .

Alternative forms [ edit ]

• IPA ( key ) : /ˈtrip(ə)/

trip ( plural trippus )

• An action that leads to a trip , fall or a bump ; that which causes a misstep.
• ( rare ) A motion in a dance.
• ( rare , Late Middle English ) A voyage ; an excursion .

Descendants [ edit ]

• Scots: trip
• “ trip(pe, n.(1). ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan , 2007 , retrieved 2018-05-08 .
• Alternative form of tryppe

Polish [ edit ]

• IPA ( key ) : /trip/
• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: trip

trip   m   inan

• ( slang ) trip ( period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations ) Synonym: haj
• ( film ) movie with phantasmagoric images and scenes

Declension [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ].

• trip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian [ edit ]

• IPA ( key ) : [trip]

trip   n ( plural tripuri )

• ( slang ) trip ( hallucination caused by drugs ) Am avut un trip nasol. Iarba asta nu e de calitate. I had a shitty trip . This isn't quality herb.

Inflection [ edit ]

Spanish [ edit ].

trip   m ( plural trips )

• trip (hallucination)

Tagalog [ edit ]

• ( Standard Tagalog ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtɾip/ [ˈtɾip]

trip ( Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ ) ( slang )

• 2008 , Khavn De La Cruz, Ultraviolins , UP Press, →ISBN , page 182 : Wala, trip ko lang, wala lang akong magawa. May reklamo ka? Ako wala. Wala akong pakialam sa yo at sa kung ano mang iniisip mo. Bakit sa SM? Kase. Kase pareho ng initials ko. Yun lang. Nothing, just my idea, ['coz] I have nothing to do. Any problems? Nothing. I don't mind you and anything you think. Why in SM? Coz. Coz it's the same initials as mine. Just that.
• 1989 , National Mid-week : May asawa at anak ang lalaki, pero trip niya ang mamboso at mambastos sa telepono. Ginagamit ng lalaki ang ... ang mensahe ng pelikula. Ang problema ay nakaka-depress dahil mahirap labanan nang ganoon ang lalaking sira ang ulo. The man has a wife and a son, but he likes to harass and flirt with women on the telephone. The man uses the message of the movie. The problem is depressing because it's difficult to fight such a stupid man.
• 1998 , Honorio Bartolome De Dios, Sa Labas Ng Parlor , University of Philippines Press, →ISBN : Siguro nga napapayag mo siya, pero, nilasing mo 'yung tao, e. Hindi ko siya nilasing. Pareho kaming lasing n'ung gabing 'yun. Arnold, kilala ko ang kumpare ko. Matagal na kaming magkasama niyan. Ang trip talaga niya 'pag lasing, sex. You possible enticed her, but, you made the person drunk, don't you? I didn't made her drunk. We're both drunk that night. Arnold, I know my buddies. We've been together for long. What she likes when drunk is to have sex.
• act of taking advantage of someone ( by duping, tricking, cheating, etc. ) Synonyms: pananamantala , panloloko
• trip ( hallucination due to drugs )
• basagan ng trip
• basagin ang trip
• mapagtripan
• ( pseudoverb ) to want ; to like ( to do something, especially on a whim or impulse ) Synonyms: gusto , nais Trip ko lang na mambasag ng mga bintana ng kotse, kasi sabog ako n'on. I'ved just wanted to break car windows, 'coz I'm high that time.
• “ trip ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel ( 1993 ) Tagalog Slang Dictionary ‎ [1] , Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

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Trip Past Tense

tripped past tense of trip is tripped.

Trip verb forms

Conjugation of trip.

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Meaning of trip

to stumble or fall by catching one's foot on something.

• 1. Every year, my family plans a trip to the mountains for some peaceful time away from the city hustle.
• 2. A trip to the grocery store becomes an adventure when I go with my energetic nephew.
• 3. The school organizes a field trip to the science museum every spring to help students learn outside the classroom.

Past Simple

• 1. Last summer, we tripped to the beach for a weekend getaway.
• 2. She accidentally tripped on the stairs and dropped her bag.
• 3. He tripped over a rock while jogging in the park yesterday morning.

Past Participle

• 1. She had tripped over the rug and spilled her drink before anyone could help.
• 2. By the end of the hike, he had tripped on roots and rocks more times than he could count.
• 3. They had tripped on the uneven pavement and dropped the groceries, scattering them everywhere.

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• General Truths or Facts Example. 'The path to the lake always trips people.' Example. 'She always trips over her rug in the morning.' Example. 'The school trip departs at 8 AM tomorrow.' Example. 'He grabs the ball, trips, but still manages to score!'
• Habitual Actions Example. 'The path to the lake always trips people.' Example. 'She always trips over her rug in the morning.' Example. 'The school trip departs at 8 AM tomorrow.' Example. 'He grabs the ball, trips, but still manages to score!'
• Scheduled Events in the Near Future (especially for public transportation) Example. 'The path to the lake always trips people.' Example. 'She always trips over her rug in the morning.' Example. 'The school trip departs at 8 AM tomorrow.' Example. 'He grabs the ball, trips, but still manages to score!'
• Commentaries (usually in quick succession) Example. 'The path to the lake always trips people.' Example. 'She always trips over her rug in the morning.' Example. 'The school trip departs at 8 AM tomorrow.' Example. 'He grabs the ball, trips, but still manages to score!'
• Completed Action in the Past Example. 'She tripped on the stairs yesterday.' Example. 'He tripped, fell, and then laughed at his own clumsiness.' Example. 'When I was a child, I often tripped on my way to school.' Example. 'She never tripped when she wore flat shoes.'
• A Series of Completed Actions in the Past Example. 'She tripped on the stairs yesterday.' Example. 'He tripped, fell, and then laughed at his own clumsiness.' Example. 'When I was a child, I often tripped on my way to school.' Example. 'She never tripped when she wore flat shoes.'
• Habit in the Past (often with ‘used to’ or in a context that makes the habitual nature clear) Example. 'She tripped on the stairs yesterday.' Example. 'He tripped, fell, and then laughed at his own clumsiness.' Example. 'When I was a child, I often tripped on my way to school.' Example. 'She never tripped when she wore flat shoes.'
• Past Facts or Generalizations Example. 'She tripped on the stairs yesterday.' Example. 'He tripped, fell, and then laughed at his own clumsiness.' Example. 'When I was a child, I often tripped on my way to school.' Example. 'She never tripped when she wore flat shoes.'
• Perfect Tenses (Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Future Perfect) Example. 'The thief was tripped by a hidden wire.' Example. 'Tripped by her own shoelaces, she found herself on the ground.'
• Present Perfect. 'He has tripped over his words several times during the speech.' Example. 'The thief was tripped by a hidden wire.' Example. 'Tripped by her own shoelaces, she found herself on the ground.'
• Past Perfect. 'By the time they realized, he had already tripped the alarm.' Example. 'The thief was tripped by a hidden wire.' Example. 'Tripped by her own shoelaces, she found herself on the ground.'
• Future Perfect. 'She will have tripped all the sensors by midnight.' Example. 'The thief was tripped by a hidden wire.' Example. 'Tripped by her own shoelaces, she found herself on the ground.'
• Passive Voice Example. 'The thief was tripped by a hidden wire.' Example. 'Tripped by her own shoelaces, she found herself on the ground.'
• To Describe a State Resulting from an Action Example. 'The thief was tripped by a hidden wire.' Example. 'Tripped by her own shoelaces, she found herself on the ground.'

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Confusing forms.

A common mistake is interchanging the past simple form 'tripped' with the past participle form 'tripped' when using them in sentences. While it might seem confusing since both forms are spelled the same for the verb 'trip,' the error usually lies in their application within different tenses. For example, the correct use in the past simple is 'He tripped on the rug,' indicating an action completed in the past. The past participle form, although spelled the same, is often used incorrectly without an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses, e.g., 'I have tripped on the rug' is correct, but one might mistakenly say 'I have trip on the rug.'

Omitting Auxiliary Verbs

Another common mistake is omitting auxiliary verbs when using the past participle form 'tripped' in perfect tenses. Since 'tripped' serves as the past participle, it requires an auxiliary verb, such as 'have' or 'has,' to form the present perfect tense. The correct construction is 'She has tripped over the toy,' but a frequent error is omitting the auxiliary verb, leading to an incorrect sentence like 'She tripped over the toy' when intending to use the present perfect tense.

Incorrect Verb Tense

Misusing the past simple and past participle forms can also lead to conveying the wrong time frame or aspect of an action. For example, using the past simple when the past perfect is needed can confuse the sequence of events. The sentence 'After he tripped, he saw the sign warning about the step' might incorrectly suggest that the tripping and seeing happened simultaneously. The correct form to show sequence is the past perfect, 'After he had tripped, he saw the sign warning about the step,' but mistakenly using the simple past for both verbs can blur the chronological order of actions.

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Trip Past Tense: Verb Forms, Conjugate TRIP

The past tense of trip is tripped

The Forms of Trip

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Here are the past tense forms of the verb trip

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Trip: Past, Present, and Participle Forms

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Learn the three forms of the English verb 'trip'

• the first form (V1) is 'trip' used in present simple and future simple tenses.
• the second form (V2) is 'tripped' used in past simple tense.
• the third form (V3) is 'tripped' used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.

What are the past tense and past participle of trip?

What is the past tense of trip.

The past tense of the verb "trip" is "tripped", and the past participle is "tripped".

Verb Tenses

Past simple — trip in past simple tripped (V2) . Future simple — trip in future simple is trip (will + V1) . Present Perfect — trip in present perfect tense is tripped (have/has + V3) . Past Perfect — trip in past perfect tense is tripped (had + V3) .

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Examples of Verb trip in Sentences

•   He tripped and fell on the road (Past Simple)
•   They were constantly tripping over each other, pushing and shoving. (Past Continuous)
•   The moisture-soaked soil turned to sticky mud, the stalks of blackened plants tangled in his feet, and he often tripped and fell, but got up again and walked. (Past Simple)
•   I dropped the backpack and put it in front of me, but it kept getting tripped over by the French kids who decided to expand their habitat, so I shoved the backpack under the table. (Past Simple)
•   He began to trip and trot from side to side more and more often. (Past Simple)
•   The Greek tripped him, which was forbidden by the rules of combat, and punched him in the shoulder with his fist. (Past Simple)
•   I dodged and twisted very well, I could trip or poke me in the painful spot, but I had problems with grabs and throws so far. (Past Simple)
•   When another stalagmite tripped him, the Viking lost his footing and slumped to the wet floor. (Past Simple)
•   He was tripping, with giant strides, and behind him fluttered a black cloak like bird's wings. (Past Continuous)
•   He laughed in his heart, imagining his uncle's surprise when he saw him tripping down the stairs, jumping over three steps... (Past Simple)

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Definition of trip verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• She tripped and fell.
• trip over/on something Someone will trip over that cable.
• I tripped over my own feet and fell down the stairs.
• (figurative) I was tripping over my words in my excitement to tell them the news.
• (figurative) Lawyers were tripping over each other (= competing with each other in a hurried way) to get a piece of the action.
• trip over/up Be careful you don't trip up on the step.
• She tripped on the loose stones.
• One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree.
• accidentally
• trip and fall

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Past Tense of Travel: Traveling Back in Time

By: Author Oliver

Posted on Last updated: August 12, 2023

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Welcome to our article on the past tense of travel! If you’re learning English grammar, you know that understanding verb tenses is an essential part of the language. The past tense is particularly important, as it allows us to talk about events and experiences that have already happened. In this article, we’ll explore the basics of English tenses, give an overview of the past tense, and focus specifically on how to use the past tense when talking about travel.

Travel is one of the most common topics of conversation, and being able to talk about past trips is a great way to connect with others and share experiences. However, using the past tense correctly can be tricky, especially when it comes to irregular verbs and complex sentence structures. In this article, we’ll provide plenty of examples and exercises to help you master the past tense of travel. We’ll also cover some common mistakes to avoid and provide additional resources for further learning.

So whether you’re planning your next trip or just want to improve your English skills, read on to learn everything you need to know about the past tense of travel!

Key Takeaways

• The past tense is essential for talking about past events and experiences, past tense of ‘travel’ is ‘traveled’
• By practicing with examples and exercises, you can improve your use of the past tense of travel and avoid common mistakes.

Past Tense of Travel

Travel is a verb that is commonly used in the past tense. In this section, we will cover the formation and usage examples of the past tense of travel.

To form the past tense of travel, we add “-ed” to the base form of the verb. For example:

• I traveled to Europe last summer.
• She traveled to Asia for business.
• We traveled to South America for vacation.

Simple Past

The simple past is used to describe a completed action in the past. Regular verbs like travel are formed by adding -ed to the base form. For example:

• I traveled to Paris last year.

Past Continuous

The past continuous is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific point in the past. It is formed by using the past tense of “to be” (was/were) and the present participle (-ing) of the main verb. Here are some examples:

• I was traveling to Paris when I got a call from my boss.

Usage Examples

The past tense of travel is used to talk about a completed action in the past. Here are some examples:

• I traveled to Japan last year and had an amazing time.
• She traveled to Italy for her honeymoon and fell in love with the country.
• We traveled to Mexico for our anniversary and enjoyed the beautiful beaches.

We can also use the past tense of travel to talk about a past habit or routine. For example:

• When I was younger, I traveled to different countries every summer.
• She traveled for work every week and got used to living out of a suitcase.
• We traveled to visit our family every holiday season.

In conclusion, the past tense of travel is formed by adding “-ed” to the base form of the verb and is used to talk about completed actions or past habits. Practice using the past tense of travel in your own sentences to improve your English grammar skills.

Common Mistakes with Past Tense of Travel

If you are learning English, you might be struggling with the past tense of the verb “travel.” Here are some common mistakes people make and how to avoid them.

Mixing Past and Present Tenses

One of the most common mistakes is mixing past and present tenses. For example, saying “I travel to Paris last year” instead of “I traveled to Paris last year.” To avoid this mistake, remember to use the past tense of “travel” when referring to something that happened in the past.

Using the Present Participle

Another mistake is using the present participle instead of the past tense. For example, saying “I am traveling to London last week” instead of “I traveled to London last week.” To avoid this mistake, remember to use the past tense of “travel” when referring to something that happened in the past.

Using the Wrong Auxiliary Verb

Using the wrong auxiliary verb is also a common mistake. For example, saying “I was travel to Rome” instead of “I traveled to Rome.” To avoid this mistake, remember to use the correct auxiliary verb (in this case, “did”) when forming the past tense.

Example Sentences

Here are some example sentences to help you practice using the past tense of “travel” correctly:

• I traveled to Japan last summer.
• She visited her grandparents in Florida last month.
• They took a road trip across the United States.
• We flew to Paris for our honeymoon.
• He backpacked through Europe after college.

Remember, practice makes perfect! Keep practicing using the past tense of “travel” correctly, and soon it will become second nature.

Exercises to Practice Past Tense of Travel

Learning English grammar can be challenging, especially when it comes to mastering the past tense of travel. To help you improve your skills, we have compiled a list of exercises that you can use to practice and perfect your past tense of travel.

Interactive Exercises

Interactive exercises are a great way to practice the past tense of travel. They allow you to engage with the material and receive immediate feedback on your progress. Here are a few interactive exercises you can try:

• Fill in the Blank: In this exercise, you will be given a sentence with a blank space where the past tense verb should go. Your task is to fill in the blank with the correct past tense verb. For example, “I ___ to Paris last year.” The correct answer would be “went.”
• Matching: In this exercise, you will be given a list of past tense verbs and a list of travel-related words. Your task is to match the past tense verb with the correct travel-related word. For example, “flew” would match with “airplane.”

Written Exercises

Written exercises are another great way to practice the past tense of travel. They allow you to focus on the material and practice at your own pace. Here are a few written exercises you can try:

• Sentence Writing: In this exercise, you will be given a travel-related word, and your task is to write a sentence using the correct past tense verb. For example, “train” could be used in the sentence, “I ___ to New York on a train.”
• Paragraph Writing: In this exercise, you will be given a prompt related to travel, and your task is to write a paragraph using the correct past tense verbs. For example, “Write a paragraph about your last vacation.” You could write, “Last summer, I ___ to Hawaii with my family. We ___ on the beach, ___ in the ocean, and ___ at some amazing restaurants.”

By practicing these exercises, you will improve your understanding and mastery of the past tense of travel. Keep practicing, and before you know it, you’ll be a pro at English grammar!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the past tense of travel?

The past tense of travel is “traveled” in American English and “travelled” in British English. Both spellings are correct, but American English tends to drop the second “l” in the past tense and past participle forms of the verb.

Is it spelled Travelled or traveled?

As mentioned above, both spellings are correct. The difference in spelling is due to the variation in American and British English.

Which is correct travel or travelling?

Both “travel” and “travelling” are correct, but “traveling” is the preferred spelling in American English, while “travelling” is the preferred spelling in British English.

What’s the difference between travel and Travelled?

“Travel” is the present tense of the verb, while “travelled” is the past tense. The difference between the two is the time frame in which the action occurs.

What is the V2 form of travel?

The V2 form of travel is “traveled” in American English and “travelled” in British English.

What is the V3 form of travel?

The V3 form of travel is “traveled” in American English and “travelled” in British English.

In summary, the past tense of travel is “traveled” in American English and “travelled” in British English. Both spellings are correct, and the difference in spelling is due to the variation in American and British English. Additionally, “traveling” is the preferred spelling in American English, while “travelling” is the preferred spelling in British English.

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Definition of trip

 (Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

transitive verb

Definition of trip  (Entry 2 of 2)

• peregrination

Examples of trip in a Sentence

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Word History

Middle English trippen , from Anglo-French treper, triper , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English treppan to tread — more at trap

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5

Phrases Containing trip

• business trip
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• on a power trip
• roll / trip off the tongue
• round - trip ticket
• trip - hammer
• trip the light fantastic

Dictionary Entries Near trip

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“Trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trip. Accessed 20 May. 2024.

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The Deeper Meaning Behind Meghan Markle’s Embrace of Her Former Royal Wardrobe

By Elise Taylor

When Meghan Markle made her first appearance in Nigeria on her three-day trip to the country with Prince Harry, she did so in a peach Heidi Merrill sundress that she’s owned for six years. Although the Duchess didn’t publicize the brand, blogs like “What Meghan Wore” almost immediately traced it back to the sustainable California designer’s 2018 collection. The name of the product felt a little tongue-in-cheek. It was called the “Windsor Dress”—the very name of the royal house that Harry and Meghan abruptly departed in 2020 .

There was likely no sartorial shade intended: In 2018, when the dress was likely purchased, Meghan was a key part of the Windsor fold. And over the past few days, the Sussexes have very much acted like they’re still working members of the family. Their visit to Nigeria, which is meant to raise awareness for mental health as well as the Invictus Games, feels similar to the working tours they once took on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. The Duke met with injured service members. The Duchess co-hosted a panel for Women in Leadership alongside the Director General of the World Trade Organization. They both attended a reception hosted by the chief of defense staff in honor of military families.

The whole thing felt like a throwback to five years ago. As did her wardrobe: Markle re-wore a number of pieces that she’d previously sported for high-profile public appearances in the past. There she was, in the bright yellow Carolina Herrera dress that she announced her pregnancy with Lilibet in 2021. The next day, she had on a white Altuzarra pantsuit she first wore during an official visit to Australia in 2018. During that aforementioned military reception, she wore a white St. Agni dress and a diamond cross necklace that once belonged to Princess Diana.

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On the surface level, these are practical choices. When going on a de-facto royal tour, it makes sense to re-wear the (very expensive) investment clothing one purchased for previous ones. However, on a deeper level—from the “Windsor” dress to the demure Carolina Herrera—Markle is certainly evoking her days as a working, full-fledged royal through her clothing.

Whether or not that is intentional remains to be seen. But it’s not a bad idea. For all the criticism that has swirled the Sussexes, none of it has ever been about their ability to represent themselves abroad: their international appearances as working royals attracted crowds in the tens of thousands and an avalanche of positive press. When Harry reflected on their 2018 tour of Australia on Oprah Winfrey, he said how “effortless it was for Meghan to come into the family so quickly in Australia and across New Zealand, Fiji, and Tonga, and just be able to connect with people.”

“She was welcomed into the family not just by the family, but by the world,” he added.

In fact, the Nigeria visit is a reminder of what the royals lost: a diverse couple that can connect with a tremendous amount of people of all ages, countries, and ethnicities. During her women in leadership event, Meghan powerfully opened up about the recent discovery that she is 43 percent Nigerian to Director-General of the W.T.O Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. “Being African-American, part of it is really not knowing so much about your lineage or background, where you come from specifically,” she said. “It’s been really eye-opening and humbling to be able to know more about my heritage and to be able to know, this is just the beginning of that discovery.” The room broke into applause. Meanwhile, Prince Harry—a veteran himself—visited injured soldiers Reference Hospital in Kaduna. He cracked jokes and made small talk about football matches, while also encouraging them to participate in the Invictus Games (his bi-annual tournament for wounded service people.) “You are going to get better, get back on your feet,” he told one.

Such positive and meaningful interactions are no doubt good for Meghan and Harry, who have recently struggled in the court of public opinion. In June 2023, after their rumored 200 million dollar Spotify deal fell through, many wondered what exactly their future was if they couldn't continue talking about their experience with the British monarchy.

Nigeria, as well as the recent announcement of two new Netflix projects, suggests a turnaround: even though the Sussexes can’t go back to the royal family, they can go back to basics of helping people. And Meghan’s return to the wardrobe she crafted in that era clothing feels like a sartorial symbol of that shift.

However, that’s not to say they want to go back in time. Markle paired a Johanna Ortiz dress with a pair of Heidi Callier sunglasses called “The Expat.” If one wanted to over-analyze that, here’s what they’d conclude: California is suiting them just fine.

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'No sign of life' at crash site of helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, state media says: Updates

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter for Sunday, May 19. For the latest news, view our live updates file for Monday, May 20.

Hope is dwindling in the search for survivors after "no sign of life" was detected at the crash site of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister, according to Iranian state media.

Rescue teams had located the incident site on Monday after Raisi and other top officials crashed into a mountainous area of northwest Iran the day before. The officials had been missing for over 12 hours and search operations were hindered by blizzards and difficult terrain through the night.

No survivors were found, Iranian state news agency IRINN and semi-official news agency Mehr News reported. "President Raisi's helicopter was completely burned in the crash ... unfortunately, all passengers are feared dead," an official told Reuters.

Citing Pir-Hossein Kolivand, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Iranian state media reported that rescue teams had identified the incident site early Monday. Kolivand did not provide further details but said "the condition is not good," according to Iranian state news agency IRNA.

A Turkish drone identified a source of heat which was suspected to be the helicopter's wreckage and shared the coordinates of the possible crash site with Iranian authorities, Anadolu news agency said on X.

Darkness and cold, rainy, and muddy conditions made it difficult for rescuers to reach the incident site, according to Iranian state media, which said the rain later turned into driving snow. The chief of staff of Iran's army ordered all the resources of the army and the elite Revolutionary Guard to be put to use in the search and rescue operations, Reuters reported.

Raisi, Amirabdollahian, and other top officials were returning from a trip to the border with Azerbaijan for the inauguration of a dam. Raisi, 63, is second only to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the country's political hierarchy. The hardline Raisi has long been considered a strong candidate to succeed Khamenei, his 85-year-old mentor.

About an hour after the crash, rescue teams reached the area and started search operations, Iran's Press TV reported. But they faced an extremely tough task in the mountain terrain and Babak Mahmoudi, who leads the relief and rescue operation for the Iranian Red Crescent Society, told Press TV that visibility was less than 15 feet.

"We have rain pouring down and the ground is slippery and muddy,'' Mahmoudi said, according to the broadcast's translation. "That has really complicated the efforts there.''

The incident comes at a turbulent moment for Iran, the main supporter of anti-Israeli militia groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. Last month, Iran took the unprecedented step of firing a barrage of missiles and drones into Israeli territory − an attack largely repelled with the help of U.S. forces − in retaliation for the killing of a top Iranian general and other military officials at the Iranian embassy in Syria, a strike widely attributed to Israel.

The U.S. has been making concerted efforts to keep the Israel-Hamas war from escalating into a regional conflict, most recently sending national security adviser Jake Sullivan on a weekend trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Graphic close-up: Maps show how US, Israeli weaponry was used against Iran's aerial attack

Developments:

∎ Khamenei tried to appease public concerns in a statement, saying: "We hope that God returns the honorable president and his companions to the arms of the nation. All must pray for the health of this group of civil servants. The Iranian nation must not be concerned or worried; there will be no disruption in the work of the country."

∎ The Iranian armed forces have picked signals from the helicopter and a crew member's cell phone, informing rescuers about the location of the crash site, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.

∎ President Joe Biden has been briefed on the helicopter crash, White House press secretary Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One. The State Department said it is "closely following reports" of the incident.

∎ Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Russia, have offered to help with search and rescue efforts. The European Union said it activated its satellite mapping service to lend assistance at Iran's request.

∎ Raisi and the rest of his traveling party were flying in a U.S.-made Bell 212 helicopter with capacity for 15 people, including crew, although it's not clear how many were on board, Al Jazeera reported.

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What power does the Iranian president have?

Raisi was elected president in 2021, and since taking office has ordered a tightening of morality laws, overseen a bloody crackdown on antigovernment protests and pushed hard in nuclear talks with world powers.

In Iran's dual political system, split between the clerical establishment and the government, it is the supreme leader rather than the president who has the final say on all major policies. Khamenei has strongly endorsed Raisi's main policies.

Raisi's victory in a closely managed election in 2021 brought all branches of power under the control of hardliners, after eight years when the presidency had been held by pragmatist Hassan Rouhani, who negotiated a nuclear deal with Obama administration officials.

But Raisi's standing may have been dented by widespread protests against clerical rule and a failure to turn around Iran's economy, hamstrung by Western sanctions.

Raisi had been at the Azerbaijani border for the opening of the Qiz-Qalaisi Dam, a joint project. Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi told state TV only that one of the helicopters in a group of three had come down in the incident, and that authorities were awaiting further details.

What happens if an Iranian president dies while in office?

If an Iranian president dies in office, the first vice president takes over, with the confirmation of the supreme leader, who has the final say in all matters of state, according to Article 131 of the Islamic Republic’s constitution.

A council consisting of the first vice president, the speaker of parliament, and the head of the judiciary must arrange an election for a new president within a maximum period of 50 days, the constitution says.

Cold, foggy in mountain forest where helicopter crashed

Weather information from the World Meteorological Organization indicates conditions in the region along and near the border of southern Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran were cloudy with high humidity early Sunday evening.

Pictures circulating in media reports showed rescue workers in dense fog, and that’s supported by images from European satellites that show clouds and fog in the region.

The helicopter reportedly went down in a heavily wooded part of the vast Arasbaran forest where three countries have conservation areas and where scientists study endangered species such as the Persian leopard.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver

Contributing: Reuters

Dow closes above 40,000 for the first time

Among the biggest contributors to the widely watched index’s rally over the past year have been Microsoft and Goldman Sachs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 40,000 on Friday, the first time it ended a trading session above the milestone.

The blue-chip index closed at 40,003.59, up more than 0.3 percent for the day and more than 1 percent for the week. The index had passed 40,000 briefly Thursday but fell back before the close of that day’s trading.

The market’s gains, analysts said, reflect renewed confidence that the Federal Reserve can win its inflation fight without breaking the economy, contributing to a tech-driven rally in stocks that shows little sign of slowing.

“What was once an incomprehensible level is now at our doorstep,” John Lynch, chief investment officer at Comerica Wealth Management, said in an email to The Washington Post. He added, “This achievement is a testament to the powers of capital formation, innovation, profit growth and economic resilience.”

Stocks rallied from the last quarter of 2023 and into this year before pausing their ascent in March over inflation worries. The Dow average contains only about 30 large stocks, but as one of the oldest market indexes, it is a widely watched benchmark.

Among the biggest contributors to the Dow’s rally over the past year have been Microsoft, which has gained roughly 35 percent, and Goldman Sachs, with a gain of 45 percent.

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Climbing past 40,000 for the first time is “a big psychological boost for the bulls,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at the Charlotte-based Independent Advisor Alliance.

Round-number milestones “hold special significance in people’s hearts and minds,” he added.

Still, some analysts urged caution when buying into a market at record valuations. Zaccarelli said investors are showing a sort of “irrational exuberance,” including the return of risky meme stock bets and, more broadly, a fixation on good news while downplaying signs of trouble.

Those risks include the possibility that inflation stays high longer than expected, which might lead the Fed to keep rates at their current level or even raise them.

Analysts also see some relative weakness in retail sales, which posted an increase of 4 percent in April. GlobalData retail industry analyst Neil Saunders has called the performance of the retail sector “solid but not spectacular” in recent months, pointing to softer spending in certain discretionary areas such as beauty products and home improvement.

“We remain cautious about the state of the consumer, but for now, shoppers are taking various economic challenges in their stride,” Saunders said.

JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon also struck a cautious tone in a Thursday interview with Bloomberg TV, saying he’s worried that “happy talk” may have blinded the stock market to the risks it faces.

“I just said stocks are very high, and I think the chances of inflation staying high or rates going up is higher than people think,” Dimon said.

But new inflation data this week showed that the “core” annual inflation rate in April was 3.6 percent, the lowest year-over-year increase since 2021.

The Dow and other stock indexes have responded closely to the Fed’s interest rate moves: Markets declined steadily in 2022 as rates went up, and bounced back last year when rates reached a plateau.

The inflation report was “a breath of fresh air” for the central bank, Raymond James chief economist Eugenio Aleman said in a note to investors, because the bulk of the price increases were driven by gasoline and shelter costs. The better-than-expected report “brought back expectations of two rate cuts in 2024,” Aleman wrote.

Jaclyn Peiser contributed to this report.

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There’s a New Covid Variant. What Will That Mean for Spring and Summer?

Experts are closely watching KP.2, now the leading variant.

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By Dani Blum

For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of Covid cases . But now, an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up just one percent of cases in the United States in mid-March, now makes up over a quarter.

KP.2 belongs to a subset of Covid variants that scientists have cheekily nicknamed “FLiRT,” drawn from the letters in the names of their mutations. They are descendants of JN.1, and KP.2 is “very, very close” to JN.1, said Dr. David Ho, a virologist at Columbia University. But Dr. Ho has conducted early lab tests in cells that suggest that slight differences in KP.2’s spike protein might make it better at evading our immune defenses and slightly more infectious than JN.1.

While cases currently don’t appear to be on the rise, researchers and physicians are closely watching whether the variant will drive a summer surge.

“I don’t think anybody’s expecting things to change abruptly, necessarily,” said Dr. Marc Sala, co-director of the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Covid-19 Center in Chicago. But KP.2 will most likely “be our new norm,’” he said. Here’s what to know.

The current spread of Covid

Experts said it would take several weeks to see whether KP.2 might lead to a rise in Covid cases, and noted that we have only a limited understanding of how the virus is spreading. Since the public health emergency ended , there is less robust data available on cases, and doctors said fewer people were using Covid tests.

But what we do know is reassuring: Despite the shift in variants, data from the C.D.C. suggests there are only “minimal ” levels of the virus circulating in wastewater nationally, and emergency department visits and hospitalizations fell between early March and late April.

“I don’t want to say that we already know everything about KP.2,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, the chief of research and development at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Healthcare System. “But at this time, I’m not seeing any major indications of anything ominous.”

Protection from vaccines and past infections

Experts said that even if you had JN.1, you may still get reinfected with KP.2 — particularly if it’s been several months or longer since your last bout of Covid.

KP.2 could infect even people who got the most updated vaccine, Dr. Ho said, since that shot targets XBB.1.5, a variant that is notably different from JN.1 and its descendants. An early version of a paper released in April by researchers in Japan suggested that KP.2 might be more adept than JN.1 at infecting people who received the most recent Covid vaccine. (The research has not yet been peer-reviewed or published.) A spokesperson for the C.D.C. said the agency was continuing to monitor how vaccines perform against KP.2.

Still, the shot does provide some protection, especially against severe disease, doctors said, as do previous infections. At this point, there isn’t reason to believe that KP.2 would cause more severe illness than other strains, the C.D.C. spokesperson said. But people who are 65 and older, pregnant or immunocompromised remain at higher risk of serious complications from Covid.

Those groups, in particular, may want to get the updated vaccine if they haven’t yet, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. The C.D.C. has recommended t hat people 65 and older who already received one dose of the updated vaccine get an additional shot at least four months later.

“Even though it’s the lowest level of deaths and hospitalizations we’ve seen, I’m still taking care of sick people with Covid,” he said. “And they all have one unifying theme, which is that they’re older and they didn’t get the latest shot.”

The latest on symptoms and long Covid

Doctors said that the symptoms of both KP.2 and JN.1 — which now makes up around 16 percent of cases — are most likely similar to those seen with other variants . These include sore throat, runny nose, coughing, head and body aches, fever, congestion, fatigue and in severe cases, shortness of breath. Fewer people lose their sense of taste and smell now than did at the start of the pandemic, but some people will still experience those symptoms.

Dr. Chin-Hong said that patients were often surprised that diarrhea, nausea and vomiting could be Covid symptoms as well, and that they sometimes confused those issues as signs that they had norovirus .

For many people who’ve already had Covid, a reinfection is often as mild or milder than their first case. While new cases of long Covid are less common now than they were at the start of the pandemic, repeat infections do raise the risk of developing long Covid, said Fikadu Tafesse, a virologist at Oregon Health & Science University. But researchers are still trying to determine by how much — one of many issues scientists are trying to untangle as the pandemic continues to evolve.

“That’s the nature of the virus,” Dr. Tafesse said. “It keeps mutating.”

Dani Blum is a health reporter for The Times. More about Dani Blum