Past tense of inoculate
regular verb
The past tense of inoculate is inoculated. The past participle is also inoculated.
Forms of inoculate
| Base form (V1) | inoculate /ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | inoculated |
| Past participle (V3) | inoculated |
| Present participle | inoculating |
| Third person singular | inoculates |
Inoculated in a sentence
- Her upbringing overseas inoculated her against prejudice.
- In a sense, they believed that their religion inoculated them against the media's negative effects.2005 October 27, Lynn Schofield Clark, From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural, Oxford University Press, →ISBN...
- Mice were subcutaneously inoculated with a tumor cell line LM3, derived from a murine mammary adenocarcinoma.2015 November 20, ironjustice, “Alpha-linolenic Acid In Breast Cancer”, in sci.med.nursing (Usenet), retrieved 14 May 2022. From the entry ω-6 fatty acid
- Inoculated legume seed should not be mixed with dusted seed as the anticide will kill the bacteria.1973, Queensland Agricultural Journal, page 567. From the entry anticide
- Both were inoculated with 1 gm. of very mitey flour placed at the bottom of the bottle.1929, The Industrial Chemist, volume 5, page 244. From the entry mitey
Meaning of inoculate
- verb To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
- verb To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
- verb To add one substance to another.
Questions about the past tense of inoculate
- What is the past tense of inoculate?
- The past tense of inoculate is inoculated.
- What is the past participle of inoculate?
- The past participle of inoculate is inoculated.
- Is inoculate a regular or irregular verb?
- Inoculate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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