Past tense of punctuate
regular verb
The past tense of punctuate is punctuated. The past participle is also punctuated.
Forms of punctuate
| Base form (V1) | punctuate /ˈpʰʌŋktjuːeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | punctuated |
| Past participle (V3) | punctuated |
| Present participle | punctuating |
| Third person singular | punctuates |
Punctuated in a sentence
- That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".
- My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.
- The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.From the entry apocalypse
- Known as 'porous portals', they will (as the name suggests) be punctuated with holes.2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33. From the entry porous portal
- The five fingers on each hand are punctuated continua like the nonadic nine planets.2020, John Krey, The Structure of Knowledge Using Natural Patterns, page 11. From the entry nonadic
Meaning of punctuate
- verb To add punctuation to.
- verb To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
- verb To emphasize; to stress.
Questions about the past tense of punctuate
- What is the past tense of punctuate?
- The past tense of punctuate is punctuated.
- What is the past participle of punctuate?
- The past participle of punctuate is punctuated.
- Is punctuate a regular or irregular verb?
- Punctuate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: punctuate (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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