Past tense of emulate
regular verb
The past tense of emulate is emulated. The past participle is also emulated.
Forms of emulate
| Base form (V1) | emulate /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | emulated |
| Past participle (V3) | emulated |
| Present participle | emulating |
| Third person singular | emulates |
Emulated in a sentence
- The belief prevailed that gifted students were withdrawn, scared, rejected subjects who were more to be pitied than emulated.1964, William Kirtley Durr, The Gifted Student, page 37. From the entry gifted
- As time progressed, the Gray Line increased its limo fleet, converted the stretchouts into passenger vehicles (later widely emulated), and brought the first sightseeing buses to the Islands.2004, Robert C. Allen, Creating Hawai'i Tourism: A Memoir, page 118. From the entry stretch-out
- He had something of his mother in him, but this was because he realized that in the end only her love was unconditional, and in gratitude he had emulated her.1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son. From the entry mother
Meaning of emulate
- verb To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- verb To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- verb To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
Questions about the past tense of emulate
- What is the past tense of emulate?
- The past tense of emulate is emulated.
- What is the past participle of emulate?
- The past participle of emulate is emulated.
- Is emulate a regular or irregular verb?
- Emulate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emulate (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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