Past tense of preheat
regular verb
The past tense of preheat is preheated. The past participle is also preheated.
Forms of preheat
| Base form (V1) | preheat /pɹiːˈhiːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | preheated |
| Past participle (V3) | preheated |
| Present participle | preheating |
| Third person singular | preheats |
Preheated in a sentence
- Bake the pie in a preheated oven until golden brown.From the entry golden brown
- The semiform is covered with a thermoplastic bar preheated in a special chamber up to superelastic state .1990, Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Clinical Cardiac Assessment, Interventions, and Assist Technology, page 152. From the entry semiform
- It would be interesting if an experiment were performed in which the D2 is first preheated or predischarged before injection into the laser cavity.2013, Kenneth J. Button, Infrared and Millimeter Waves V7, page 184. From the entry predischarge
Meaning of preheat
- verb To heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
- noun The act of heating before another process.
Questions about the past tense of preheat
- What is the past tense of preheat?
- The past tense of preheat is preheated.
- What is the past participle of preheat?
- The past participle of preheat is preheated.
- Is preheat a regular or irregular verb?
- Preheat is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preheat (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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