Past tense of modulate
regular verb
The past tense of modulate is modulated. The past participle is also modulated.
Forms of modulate
| Base form (V1) | modulate /ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | modulated |
| Past participle (V3) | modulated |
| Present participle | modulating |
| Third person singular | modulates |
Modulated in a sentence
- "Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10
- We study the charge carriers transport in an AA-stacked bilayer graphene modulated by a lateral one-dimensional multibarrier structure.2015, Ilham Redouani, Ahmed Jellal, “Periodic Barrier Structure in AA-Stacked Bilayer Graphene”, in arXiv. From the entry multibarrier
- Our findings revealed that the expression levels of a large number of genes were modulated by the PUAs decadienal, heptadienal and octadienal.2016 February 26, “Toxic Diatom Aldehydes Affect Defence Gene Networks in Sea Urchins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry heptadienal
- Distress calls structures included multiharmonic shallowly modulated calls (A), calls with sideband modulations (B, C), and some calls with nonlinear phenomena (D).2015 September 10, “Distress Calls of a Fast-Flying Bat ( Molossus molossus ) Provoke Inspection Flights but Not Cooperative Mobbing”, in…. From the entry multiharmonic
- As she entered the projection theatre the soundtrack reverberated across the sculpture garden, a melancholy tocsin modulated by Talbert’s less and less coherent commentary.1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition. From the entry tocsin
Meaning of modulate
- verb To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument.
- verb To vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music).
- verb To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression.
Questions about the past tense of modulate
- What is the past tense of modulate?
- The past tense of modulate is modulated.
- What is the past participle of modulate?
- The past participle of modulate is modulated.
- Is modulate a regular or irregular verb?
- Modulate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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