Past tense of evaporate
regular verb
The past tense of evaporate is evaporated. The past participle is also evaporated.
Forms of evaporate
| Base form (V1) | evaporate /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | evaporated |
| Past participle (V3) | evaporated |
| Present participle | evaporating |
| Third person singular | evaporates |
Evaporated in a sentence
- McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated.2025 January 29, Ashley Strickland, “Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’...
- The hosts initially looked like they lacked a spring in their step, but fears of further agony evaporated in the seventh minute with a goal of typical Arsenal quality.2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 – 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC Sport
- Vanilla extract makes these cookies taste great, but the straight extract tastes bad because the alcohol hasn't evaporated yet.From the entry vanilla extract
- Any compassion I felt for my middle school friend had evaporated, leaving little hard nuggets of infuriation.2008, Sloane Crosley, “You On a Stick”, in I Was Told There’d Be Cake, New York: Riverhead Books, page 178. From the entry infuriation
- Like Yaqub, Bob had joined the Go Team to do a job that quickly evaporated.2007, Joel Hafvenstein, Opium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry go team
Meaning of evaporate
- verb To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
- verb To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.
- verb To give vent to; to dissipate.
Questions about the past tense of evaporate
- What is the past tense of evaporate?
- The past tense of evaporate is evaporated.
- What is the past participle of evaporate?
- The past participle of evaporate is evaporated.
- Is evaporate a regular or irregular verb?
- Evaporate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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