Past tense of evacuate
regular verb
The past tense of evacuate is evacuated. The past participle is also evacuated.
Forms of evacuate
| Base form (V1) | evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | evacuated |
| Past participle (V3) | evacuated |
| Present participle | evacuating |
| Third person singular | evacuates |
Evacuated in a sentence
- The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
- The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
- The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.From the entry escape
- The evacuated flask imploded with a pop when it could no longer stand the outside air pressure.From the entry evacuated
- An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.From the entry aneroid
Meaning of evacuate
- verb To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
- verb To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
- verb To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
Questions about the past tense of evacuate
- What is the past tense of evacuate?
- The past tense of evacuate is evacuated.
- What is the past participle of evacuate?
- The past participle of evacuate is evacuated.
- Is evacuate a regular or irregular verb?
- Evacuate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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