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Past tense of cultivate

regular verb

The past tense of cultivate is cultivated. The past participle is also cultivated.

Forms of cultivate

Base form (V1)cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
Past tense (V2)cultivated /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
Past participle (V3)cultivated /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
Present participlecultivating
Third person singularcultivates

Cultivated in a sentence

  • Trump had cultivated Mr.2021 June 7, Mark Landler, “As a Tense Summer Looms, Northern Ireland Braces”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably.From the entry barker
  • There’s a certain magic to fonio, a tiny golden grain believed to be Africa’s oldest cultivated cereal.2023 July 6, Maria C. Hunt, “Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry fonio
  • The cultivated areas varied in size and hence the names Erjia, Lioujia, and Cijia.2020 November 6, “History”, in Lioujia District Office, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2022. From the entry Lioujia
  • The line between weed and cultivated herb is very fine around here.2018, Tina Sams, “About the author”, in Amazon, Amazon, retrieved 01 Oct 2026. From the entry hydrosol

Meaning of cultivate

  1. verb To grow plants, notably crops.
  2. verb To nurture; to foster; to tend.
  3. verb To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

Full definition of cultivate

Questions about the past tense of cultivate

What is the past tense of cultivate?
The past tense of cultivate is cultivated.
What is the past participle of cultivate?
The past participle of cultivate is cultivated.
Is cultivate a regular or irregular verb?
Cultivate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cultivate (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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