Past tense of discriminate
regular verb
The past tense of discriminate is discriminated. The past participle is also discriminated.
Forms of discriminate
| Base form (V1) | discriminate /dɪˈskɹɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | discriminated |
| Past participle (V3) | discriminated |
| Present participle | discriminating /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | discriminates |
Discriminated in a sentence
- The Romani have long been discriminated against.From the entry Romani
- Within China, Wuhanese have become feared and discriminated against because of the epidemic.2020 May 15, Yuan Yang, “Letter from China: Sichuan goes with the flow”, in Financial Times. From the entry Wuhanese
- Interestingly, we found that these time-resolved metabotypes were discriminated into five distinct clusters.2015 December 8, “Metabolomic Responses of Guard Cells and Mesophyll Cells to Bicarbonate”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry metabotype
- I'm broadminded and understanding of the struggle of your organization because as a prisoner I've been discriminated against myself.1980 April 12, Larry McDonald, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 19. From the entry broad-minded
- He has already helped refute “racism” by publicly demonstrating that many BLMers are discriminated against because of “stupidism” (widespread bias against stupidity), not racism.2023, Christina Antioch, Etienne de la Boetie2, Robert L. Peters, HITLER: do you self-identify the same as Hitler?. From the entry stupidism
Meaning of discriminate
- verb To make distinctions.
- verb To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
- verb To make decisions harmful to (a person or group) based on prejudice.
Questions about the past tense of discriminate
- What is the past tense of discriminate?
- The past tense of discriminate is discriminated.
- What is the past participle of discriminate?
- The past participle of discriminate is discriminated.
- Is discriminate a regular or irregular verb?
- Discriminate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: discriminate (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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