Past tense of manipulate
regular verb
The past tense of manipulate is manipulated. The past participle is also manipulated.
Forms of manipulate
| Base form (V1) | manipulate /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | manipulated |
| Past participle (V3) | manipulated |
| Present participle | manipulating |
| Third person singular | manipulates |
Manipulated in a sentence
- Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him.From the entry recriminate
- Biden circulating during this year’s campaign are clearly manipulated to make him look old and confused.2024 June 21, Katie Glueck, Tiffany Hsu, Ang Li, “How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts”, in The New York…. From the entry cheap fake
- This means that 2 a.m., the clocks are manipulated to read 3 a.m. local daylight time.2023, Eklas Hossain, “Energy without the Sun”, in The Sun, Energy, and Climate Change, Cham, Zug, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI…. From the entry spring forward, fall back
- He hated the idea of being manipulated by the film industry and was regularly embroiled in lawsuits.2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The…. From the entry embroil
- They quietly reduced the amount of materials or else manipulated the quality of raw inputs.2009, Paul Middler, Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s Account of the Tactics behind China’s Production Game, page 96. From the entry quality fade
Meaning of manipulate
- verb To move, arrange or operate something using the hands.
- verb To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something.
- verb To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose.
Questions about the past tense of manipulate
- What is the past tense of manipulate?
- The past tense of manipulate is manipulated.
- What is the past participle of manipulate?
- The past participle of manipulate is manipulated.
- Is manipulate a regular or irregular verb?
- Manipulate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manipulate (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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