Past tense of revoke
regular verb
The past tense of revoke is revoked. The past participle is also revoked.
Forms of revoke
| Base form (V1) | revoke /ɹɪˈvoʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | revoked |
| Past participle (V3) | revoked |
| Present participle | revoking |
| Third person singular | revokes |
Revoked in a sentence
- Your driver's license will be revoked.
- They had just sat down at the bridge table, and Mrs Lackersteen had just revoked out of pure nervousness, when there was a heavy thump on the roof.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 22, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers...
- The old man's stubborn piggishness kept him from acknowledging that his wife was a better driver than he, even after his license was revoked.From the entry piggishness
- These programs have thus been revised or revoked at times, depending on public reception.2018 November 29, Bing Song, “The West may be wrong about China’s social credit system”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry Suining
- Legally, however, a will could be revoked at any time during the testator's life.2012, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Keys to Galatians: Collected Essays, page 108. From the entry disinheritable
Meaning of revoke
- verb To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
- verb To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
- verb To call or bring back.
Questions about the past tense of revoke
- What is the past tense of revoke?
- The past tense of revoke is revoked.
- What is the past participle of revoke?
- The past participle of revoke is revoked.
- Is revoke a regular or irregular verb?
- Revoke is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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