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alkylated

alkylated is the simple past and past participle of alkylate.

Meaning of alkylate

Verb

alkylate (third-person singular simple present alkylates, present participle alkylating, simple past and past participle alkylated)

  1. To add one or more alkyl groups to a compound, especially by reacting with an alkylating agent

Adjective

alkylated (comparative more alkylated, superlative most alkylated)

  1. That has been modified by alkylation

Forms of alkylated

comparativemore alkylated
superlativemost alkylated

Words formed from alkylated

Questions about alkylated

What does alkylated mean?
Alkylated means that has been modified by alkylation.
What is alkylated the simple past and past participle of?
Alkylated is the simple past and past participle of alkylate.
What part of speech is alkylated?
Alkylated is an adjective.

Words near alkylated in the dictionary

  1. alkylarene
  2. alkylarenes
  3. alkylarylamine
  4. alkylarylamines
  5. alkylate
  6. alkylated
  7. alkylates
  8. alkylating
  9. alkylation
  10. alkylations
  11. alkylative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alkylated (page history and authors); alkylate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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