Past tense of heat
regular verb
The past tense of heat is heated. The past participle is also heated.
Forms of heat
| Base form (V1) | heat /ˈhiːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | heated /ˈhiːtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | heated /ˈhiːtɪd/ |
| Present participle | heating /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | heats /hiːts/ |
Less standard forms: heat (dialectal), het (dialectal).
Heated in a sentence
- The massage heated her up.
- Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.From the entry glow
- The proposed changes to the tax system sparked a heated debate.From the entry proposed
- The public debate became a heated mano a mano between the two leading candidates.From the entry mano a mano
- When an argument gets heated, it can often be difficult to figure out who's serious and who's just trolling.From the entry troll
Meaning of heat
- noun Thermal energy.
- noun The condition or quality of being hot.
- noun An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
Questions about the past tense of heat
- What is the past tense of heat?
- The past tense of heat is heated.
- What is the past participle of heat?
- The past participle of heat is heated.
- Is heat a regular or irregular verb?
- Heat is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is heat correct?
- heat is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of heat is heated.
- Is het correct?
- het is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of heat is heated.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heat (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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