Past tense of eat

Forms of eat

Less standard forms: et (dialectal), etten (dialectal).

Ate and eaten in a sentence

• The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.
• John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.
• He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.From the entry chocolate
• The dogs have eaten your dinner, and I ate the last of the frozen burgers this morning.From the entry have
• We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.From the entry Oxbridge

Meaning of eat

1. verb To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
2. verb To consume a meal.
3. verb To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed.

Full definition of eat

Verbs like eat

• write (wrote)

More about eat

• Meaning of eat
• Synonyms of eat
• Eat in a sentence
• Eat in Hindi
• Eat in Tamil
• Eat in Marathi
• Eat in Urdu

Questions about the past tense of eat

What is the past tense of eat?

The past tense of eat is ate.

What is the past participle of eat?

The past participle of eat is eaten.

Is eat a regular or irregular verb?

Eat is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.

Is et correct?

et is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of eat is ate.

Is etten correct?

etten is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of eat is ate.