Past tense of evade
regular verb
The past tense of evade is evaded. The past participle is also evaded.
Forms of evade
| Base form (V1) | evade /ɪˈveɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | evaded |
| Past participle (V3) | evaded |
| Present participle | evading |
| Third person singular | evades |
Evaded in a sentence
- He evaded his opponent's blows.
- The robbers evaded the police.
- A suspected murderer who evaded police for 18 years has been captured in Lichuan, Xinzhou.org reports.2014 December 28, Mandy Zuo, “Exploding electric hot-water bottle maims woman”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry Yuanping
- The primary suspect evaded police but was found and arrested on Sunday morning in Tainan’s Syuejia District, reported UDN.2023 December 3, Duncan DeAeth, “Suspect in shooting death of 43-year-old man arrested in south Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the…. From the entry Syuejia
- Labor of mind facilitly may be evaded by imitation: for, so, sollicitude of mind conducive to invention becomes supervacuous.2004, Frederick William Rolfe, Don Renato: An Ideal Content, Kessinger Publishing, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry supervacuous
Meaning of evade
- verb To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
- verb To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- verb To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
Questions about the past tense of evade
- What is the past tense of evade?
- The past tense of evade is evaded.
- What is the past participle of evade?
- The past participle of evade is evaded.
- Is evade a regular or irregular verb?
- Evade is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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