Past tense of naturalize
regular verb
The past tense of naturalize is naturalized. The past participle is also naturalized.
Forms of naturalize
| Base form (V1) | naturalize /ˈnæt͡ʃəɹəˌlaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | naturalized |
| Past participle (V3) | naturalized |
| Present participle | naturalizing |
| Third person singular | naturalizes |
Naturalized in a sentence
- Many refugees from these destroyed states came to Japan and became naturalized as Japanese.1964, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, “History”, in Japan: Its Land, People and Culture, Revised edition, Printing Bureau...
- In English, foreign words are typically written in italics until they are naturalized.
- The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.From the entry native
- He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.From the entry move
- Ask her to deport all illegals living in this town without a green card or the appropriate documents that prove their naturalized citizenship.From the entry deport
Meaning of naturalize
- verb To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
- verb To acclimatize an animal or plant.
- verb To make natural.
Questions about the past tense of naturalize
- What is the past tense of naturalize?
- The past tense of naturalize is naturalized.
- What is the past participle of naturalize?
- The past participle of naturalize is naturalized.
- Is naturalize a regular or irregular verb?
- Naturalize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: naturalize (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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