Past tense of emit
regular verb
The past tense of emit is emitted. The past participle is also emitted.
Forms of emit
| Base form (V1) | emit /iˈmɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | emitted |
| Past participle (V3) | emitted |
| Present participle | emitting |
| Third person singular | emits |
Emitted in a sentence
- I just emitted a giggle.
- Cryosequestration in permafrost has helped limit the amount of carbon emitted to the atmosphere from soil.From the entry cryosequestration
- Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.From the entry torch
- A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.From the entry atomic
- It didn't have words, but it had emitted a wordsome gurgle.2017, Kevin McIlvoy, 57 Octaves Below Middle C, page 56. From the entry wordsome
Meaning of emit
- verb To send out or give off.
- verb To come out, to be sent out or given off.
- verb To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.
Questions about the past tense of emit
- What is the past tense of emit?
- The past tense of emit is emitted.
- What is the past participle of emit?
- The past participle of emit is emitted.
- Is emit a regular or irregular verb?
- Emit is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emit (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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