Past tense of proliferate
regular verb
The past tense of proliferate is proliferated. The past participle is also proliferated.
Forms of proliferate
| Base form (V1) | proliferate /pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | proliferated |
| Past participle (V3) | proliferated |
| Present participle | proliferating |
| Third person singular | proliferates |
Proliferated in a sentence
- The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
- But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
- As twin studies proliferated throughout the nineteen-eighties, their results contributed to substantial changes in our moral intuitions.2021 September 6, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters?”, in The New Yorker. From the entry à la carte
- Twitter trending happened regularly during Season 2 and WayHaught fan art, fan fiction and T-shirts proliferated.2018 July 6, Maureen Ryan, “A Cult Show’s Recipe for Success: Whiskey, Twitter and Complex Women”, in The New York Times. From the entry WayHaught
- In the hepatocyte transplantation model, DPPIV-positive hepatocytes entrapped periportally proliferated, and formed two-layered plates along portal veins.2015 August 27, “Contribution of Mature Hepatocytes to Biliary Regeneration in Rats with Acute and Chronic Biliary Injury”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry periportally
Meaning of proliferate
- verb To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
Questions about the past tense of proliferate
- What is the past tense of proliferate?
- The past tense of proliferate is proliferated.
- What is the past participle of proliferate?
- The past participle of proliferate is proliferated.
- Is proliferate a regular or irregular verb?
- Proliferate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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