Past tense of populate

Forms of populate

Populated in a sentence

• The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.From the entry troglodyte
• The forest was densely populated with trees.From the entry densely
• The region may be sparsely populated now, but our new infrastructure project will surely attract tons of development and investment. If you build it, they will come.From the entry if you build it, they will come
• The Ordos region in the narrower sense is nomadic by history, in contrast to the agricultural and densely populated southeastern loess part that stretches up to the Wei River valley.From the entry ordos
• Suffice it to say, this is a passionate subfandom, populated mostly by stans who are LGBTQ+ themselves.2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry semicloseted

Meaning of populate

1. verb To supply with inhabitants; to people.
2. verb To live in; to inhabit.
3. verb To increase in number; to breed.

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Questions about the past tense of populate

What is the past tense of populate?

The past tense of populate is populated.

What is the past participle of populate?

The past participle of populate is populated.

Is populate a regular or irregular verb?

Populate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.