Past tense of pollute
regular verb
The past tense of pollute is polluted. The past participle is also polluted.
Forms of pollute
| Base form (V1) | pollute /pəˈluːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | polluted |
| Past participle (V3) | polluted |
| Present participle | polluting |
| Third person singular | pollutes |
Polluted in a sentence
- The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.
- The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
- This water is too polluted for us to drink (it).From the entry too
- A well is foul with polluted water.From the entry foul
- Paradoxically, open defecation areas were less polluted than densely toileted areas.2023, Parthasarathi Shome, The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India: Exclusion, Isolation, Domination and Extraction, Bristol…. From the entry toileted
Meaning of pollute
- verb To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- verb To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- verb To corrupt or profane.
Questions about the past tense of pollute
- What is the past tense of pollute?
- The past tense of pollute is polluted.
- What is the past participle of pollute?
- The past participle of pollute is polluted.
- Is pollute a regular or irregular verb?
- Pollute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pollute (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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