ate

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /eɪt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɛt/ or /eɪt/

• Audio (US)

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Homophones

• eight

Verb

Plain form eat

Third-person singular eats

Past tense ate

Past participle eaten

Present participle eating

1. The past tense of eat.