Past tense of precipitate
regular verb
The past tense of precipitate is precipitated. The past participle is also precipitated.
Forms of precipitate
| Base form (V1) | precipitate /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | precipitated |
| Past participle (V3) | precipitated |
| Present participle | precipitating |
| Third person singular | precipitates |
Precipitated in a sentence
- it precipitated their success
- we were precipitated into a conflict
- As a vicious hysteric, Bertha Mason’s madness is precipitated by an erotomaniacal response.2024, Nicole C. Dittmer, Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, 1837–1871, Rowman & Littlefield, page 86. From the entry erotomaniacal
- Slaveowners precipitated a war to defend the slave system and its accompanying way of life.1993, Melvin M. Leiman, Political Economy of Racism, Pluto Press, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry slavocracy
- The resulting pH-drop causes a dissolution of carbonate material which has been biogenically precipitated in the epilimnion.1979, S. Golubić, J. Schneider, “Carbonate Dissolution”, in P. A. Trudinger, D. J. Swaine, editors, Biogeochemical Cycling of…. From the entry monimolimnion
Meaning of precipitate
- verb To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- verb To throw an object or person from a great height.
- verb To send violently into a certain state or condition.
Questions about the past tense of precipitate
- What is the past tense of precipitate?
- The past tense of precipitate is precipitated.
- What is the past participle of precipitate?
- The past participle of precipitate is precipitated.
- Is precipitate a regular or irregular verb?
- Precipitate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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