Past tense of innovate
regular verb
The past tense of innovate is innovated. The past participle is also innovated.
Forms of innovate
| Base form (V1) | innovate /ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | innovated |
| Past participle (V3) | innovated |
| Present participle | innovating |
| Third person singular | innovates |
Innovated in a sentence
- The Nineteenth Century innovated navigation by steam.From the entry by steam
Meaning of innovate
- verb To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
- verb To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
- verb To introduce (something) as new.
Questions about the past tense of innovate
- What is the past tense of innovate?
- The past tense of innovate is innovated.
- What is the past participle of innovate?
- The past participle of innovate is innovated.
- Is innovate a regular or irregular verb?
- Innovate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: innovate (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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