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Past tense of dilute

regular verb

The past tense of dilute is diluted. The past participle is also diluted.

Forms of dilute

Base form (V1)dilute /daɪˈljuːt/
Past tense (V2)diluted
Past participle (V3)diluted
Present participlediluting
Third person singulardilutes

Diluted in a sentence

  • The company's stock issue diluted his ownership.From the entry issue
  • Sera diluted to subagglutinating titer were added to 1 mL of bacterial suspension.2015 July 11, “Entry of Francisella tularensis into Murine B Cells: The Role of B Cell Receptors and Complement Receptors”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry subagglutinating
  • Tube color diluted with acrylic medium lends itself especially well to drybrush painting.2012, Wendon Blake, Acrylic Watercolor Painting, →ISBN, page 125. From the entry drybrush
  • Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.2011, v. 80/1, Optimizing Use of Aircraft Deicing & Anti-icing Fluids (ACRP). From the entry concentrate
  • The democracy distilled and diluted by these repressive organs has to be perversed democracy.1989, Nigerian Defence Academy Journal - Volume 1, Issue 1, page 100. From the entry perversed

Meaning of dilute

  1. verb To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
  2. verb To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  3. verb To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

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Questions about the past tense of dilute

What is the past tense of dilute?
The past tense of dilute is diluted.
What is the past participle of dilute?
The past participle of dilute is diluted.
Is dilute a regular or irregular verb?
Dilute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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