What part of speech is tinkered?

Tinkered can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. tinkered is a verb, past participle of tinker (infinitive).
  • 2. tinkered is a verb, past simple of tinker (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does tinkered mean?

Definitions

Verb

tinker - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
tinker - work as a tinker or tinkerer
tinker - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

Examples of tinkered

#   Sentence  
1. verb They had a legacy system that they have tinkered with for years and it became more and more difficult to find the expertise to improve it.
2. verb Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right.
3. verb Tom likes to tinker with things because he believes there's always a better way.
4. verb Tom likes to tinker with things because he believes there's always a better way.
Sentence  
verb
They had a legacy system that they have tinkered with for years and it became more and more difficult to find the expertise to improve it.
Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right.
Tom likes to tinker with things because he believes there's always a better way.
Tom likes to tinker with things because he believes there's always a better way.

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