Past tense of dislocate
regular verb
The past tense of dislocate is dislocated. The past participle is also dislocated.
Forms of dislocate
| Base form (V1) | dislocate /dɪsləʊˈkeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dislocated |
| Past participle (V3) | dislocated |
| Present participle | dislocating |
| Third person singular | dislocates |
Dislocated in a sentence
- My shoulder was dislocated. It was agony to have it put to rights.From the entry to rights
- Every day the stock market is pushed higher by the Fed, it becomes more dislocated from reality.2015 April 13, “New Home Sales: Lumber And Houston Are Crashing”, in Investment Research Dynamics, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020. From the entry dislocated
- I dislocated something in my spine when I was head banging.1994 December 24, Jason Gorski, “Dances”, in k12.chat.junior (Usenet), retrieved 04 Jun 2022. From the entry chiropracteur
- He shelled it, and dislocated his finger in the process.2022, Nicholas Brookes, An Island's Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket. From the entry shell
- Gentian de Barke fell downstairs—she denied being drunk or otherwise chemically inconvenienced—broke her leg, compound fracture apparently, and dislocated her shoulder.2019, C. A. Hope, The Barley Break, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 239. From the entry chemically inconvenienced
Meaning of dislocate
- verb To put something out of its usual place.
- verb To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient.
- verb To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
Questions about the past tense of dislocate
- What is the past tense of dislocate?
- The past tense of dislocate is dislocated.
- What is the past participle of dislocate?
- The past participle of dislocate is dislocated.
- Is dislocate a regular or irregular verb?
- Dislocate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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