Past tense of deviate
regular verb
The past tense of deviate is deviated. The past participle is also deviated.
Forms of deviate
| Base form (V1) | deviate /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | deviated |
| Past participle (V3) | deviated |
| Present participle | deviating |
| Third person singular | deviates |
Deviated in a sentence
- His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.
- The party conference was very stage-managed, and no one deviated an inch from the official party line.From the entry stage-managed
- Only the movie Sky High deviated from this range, coming in at a SpinalTapian 11.2007 Oct. 2, ogblay, "I Am Prepared to Give Up at Any Time," blogspot.ca (retrieved 27 Oct 2015). From the entry Spinal Tap-ian
- The documentarian talks to THR about how he deviated from the typical biodoc playbook and casting Michael J.2023 August 17, Mia Galuppo, “‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Director Talks His Approach to the Celebrity Biodoc: “I’m Always Looking for…. From the entry biodoc
- Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.2002, Springhouse, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 1158. From the entry septum
Meaning of deviate
- verb To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- verb To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- verb To cause to diverge.
Questions about the past tense of deviate
- What is the past tense of deviate?
- The past tense of deviate is deviated.
- What is the past participle of deviate?
- The past participle of deviate is deviated.
- Is deviate a regular or irregular verb?
- Deviate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deviate (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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