Past tense of communicate
regular verb
The past tense of communicate is communicated. The past participle is also communicated.
Forms of communicate
| Base form (V1) | communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | communicated /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | communicated /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | communicating /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | communicates |
Communicated in a sentence
- The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
- His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.From the entry dumb
- No writer he read had ever communicated that feeling of an incomprehensible madness.2011, Jason Zinoman, Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror, New…. From the entry overheated
- We communicated with the media a certain way, because we always had.2011, Erik Deckers, Avoid Babbitry and Stand Out From the Crowd. From the entry babbitry
- A bit more angst than schmoopiness, but the underlying feelings are very well communicated.1999 April 3, | vlbb | [username], “Re: Slash Suggestions?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry schmoopiness
Meaning of communicate
- verb To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
- verb To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
- verb To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
Questions about the past tense of communicate
- What is the past tense of communicate?
- The past tense of communicate is communicated.
- What is the past participle of communicate?
- The past participle of communicate is communicated.
- Is communicate a regular or irregular verb?
- Communicate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: communicate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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