Past tense of substitute
regular verb
The past tense of substitute is substituted. The past participle is also substituted.
Forms of substitute
| Base form (V1) | substitute /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | substituted /ˈsʌbstɪtutɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | substituted /ˈsʌbstɪtutɪd/ |
| Present participle | substituting |
| Third person singular | substitutes |
Substituted in a sentence
- I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
- Oh, I substituted sleep for watching The Pitt."2026 January 21, Ally Beardlsey, my boss is sabotaging my clown career (w/ Ally Beardsley), Perfect Person (podcast) episode 185 (c. 14:18)
- Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.From the entry feedstock
- She substituted the strobe light again, and the ghostlem swatted it out of her hand.2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2025. From the entry bring down
- Creamcheese can be substituted for Brie for an equally tasty munchie.2006, More Good Thymes in the Kitchen: An Expanded Collection of Recipes from The Thyme Garden, Alsea, Ore.: The Thyme Garden Herb…. From the entry munchie
Meaning of substitute
- verb To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- verb To use X in place of Y.
- verb To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
Questions about the past tense of substitute
- What is the past tense of substitute?
- The past tense of substitute is substituted.
- What is the past participle of substitute?
- The past participle of substitute is substituted.
- Is substitute a regular or irregular verb?
- Substitute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: substitute (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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