Past tense of gravitate
regular verb
The past tense of gravitate is gravitated. The past participle is also gravitated.
Forms of gravitate
| Base form (V1) | gravitate /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | gravitated |
| Past participle (V3) | gravitated |
| Present participle | gravitating |
| Third person singular | gravitates |
Gravitated in a sentence
- The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen.
- A considerable amount of new rolling stock has been built for the main line services during recent years, and the older stock has gravitated to the secondary and branch lines.1940 May, “The Irish Railways Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 296
- Looks to me like the "wannabe Jessica Fletchers" gravitated to Reddit these days.2026 January 8, pantone711, “Theory based on personal example”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2026. From the entry Jessica Fletcher
- Meg gravitated towards the costumes, openly wondering about the nursewear.2004, David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 175. From the entry nursewear
- He fits, though uncomfortably perhaps, in these germinating years as a member of the yeastful mix of gifted artists which gravitated to Provincetown.1994, Josephine Couch Del Deo, Ross Moffett, Figures in a landscape, page 228. From the entry yeastful
Meaning of gravitate
- verb To move under the force of gravity.
- verb To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
Questions about the past tense of gravitate
- What is the past tense of gravitate?
- The past tense of gravitate is gravitated.
- What is the past participle of gravitate?
- The past participle of gravitate is gravitated.
- Is gravitate a regular or irregular verb?
- Gravitate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gravitate (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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