Past tense of cremate
regular verb
The past tense of cremate is cremated. The past participle is also cremated.
Forms of cremate
| Base form (V1) | cremate /ˈkɹimeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cremated /kɹɪˈmeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cremated /kɹɪˈmeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | cremating |
| Third person singular | cremates |
Cremated in a sentence
- I want to be cremated when I die.
- Miura was cremated in the Japanese crematorium at So Kon Po.2011, Patricia Lim, “Other Nationalities: The Japanese and Russians Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery”, in Forgotten Souls: A Social…. From the entry So Kon Po
- Huang's body was cremated on February 23 at Dongguan Crematorium and Li's was cremated on February 25.2001, Anita Chan, China's Workers Under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC…. From the entry Houjie
- Heywood's wife traveled from their home in Beijing to Chongqing, and with her agreement, Heywood's body was cremated.2013, Noah Feldman, “A Glimpse into the New China”, in Cool War: The Future of Global Competition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN…. From the entry Nan'an
- Yet, the apartment itself wasn’t damaged and newspapers near the chair in which she was cremated weren’t even scorched!1953, George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues - Other Flesh, London: Neville Spearman, page 293. From the entry spontaneous human combustion
Meaning of cremate
- verb To burn something to ashes.
- verb To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
Questions about the past tense of cremate
- What is the past tense of cremate?
- The past tense of cremate is cremated.
- What is the past participle of cremate?
- The past participle of cremate is cremated.
- Is cremate a regular or irregular verb?
- Cremate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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