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participated

participated is the simple past and past participle of participate.

Meaning of participate

Verb

participate (third-person singular simple present participates, present participle participating, simple past and past participle participated)

  1. (intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
    • For the second year, foreign amateur runners were allowed to participate in a 10-kilometer race, a half-marathon or a full marathon in Pyongyang, the capital. The races were a part of the April 15 birthday celebration of Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea and father of his successors...2015 April 16, Jeré Longman, “At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way”, in The New York Times
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To share, to take part in (something).
    • A spirit I am indeed;
      But am in that dimension grossly clad
      Which from the womb I did participate.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
    • Make the Earth […] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star, all shall have their risings, settings, and in a word, all their other appearances.1661, Thomas Salusbury, Galilaeus Galilaeus Lyncaeus, His Systeme of the World, Second Dialogue, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, London, p. 105

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What is participated the simple past and past participle of?
Participated is the simple past and past participle of participate.

Words near participated in the dictionary

  1. participant-observer
  2. participant-observers
  3. participantly
  4. participants
  5. participate
  6. participated
  7. participates
  8. participating
  9. participatingly
  10. participation
  11. participation points

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