participate
verb (used without object)
to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed byin ).
participated
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past participleof participate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof participate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
participateverb (used without object)to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed byin ).
Example Sentences
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"Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated," she wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
The researchers wanted to find out whether the outcome would change if two electrons participated instead.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
As a college student, Cárdenas actively participated in protests against the U.S.-orchestrated coup in 1954 that toppled reformist President Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose net worth hovers around $600 million, ventured to a Cheesecake Factory in suburban Maryland, where he participated in a photoshoot.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
They had participated in secret conversations, received certain assurances, and gone so far as to make reconnaissance forays to outlying parts of the city.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
