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Past tense of hyperventilate

regular verb

The past tense of hyperventilate is hyperventilated. The past participle is also hyperventilated.

Forms of hyperventilate

Base form (V1)hyperventilate
Past tense (V2)hyperventilated
Past participle (V3)hyperventilated
Present participlehyperventilating
Third person singularhyperventilates

Hyperventilated in a sentence

  • When I tried it, I hyperventilated.1981 April 15, Ira Berkow, “DRAMA IN 'STENGELESE: YOU CAN LOOK IT UP”, in The New York Times
  • His lungs—the way he hyperventilated them.1993, Paul Theroux, Millroy the Magician, page 61. From the entry sluice

Meaning of hyperventilate

  1. verb To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.

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Questions about the past tense of hyperventilate

What is the past tense of hyperventilate?
The past tense of hyperventilate is hyperventilated.
What is the past participle of hyperventilate?
The past participle of hyperventilate is hyperventilated.
Is hyperventilate a regular or irregular verb?
Hyperventilate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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