evacuate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of evacuate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to evacuate
Participle: evacuated
Gerund: evacuating

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of evacuate

Indicative

Present

Ievacuate
youevacuate
he;she;itevacuates
weevacuate
youevacuate
theyevacuate

Perfect

Ihave evacuated
youhave evacuated
he;she;ithas evacuated
wehave evacuated
youhave evacuated
theyhave evacuated

Past

Ievacuated
youevacuated
he;she;itevacuated
weevacuated
youevacuated
theyevacuated

Pluperfect

Ihad evacuated
youhad evacuated
he;she;ithad evacuated
wehad evacuated
youhad evacuated
theyhad evacuated

Future

Iwill evacuate
youwill evacuate
he;she;itwill evacuate
wewill evacuate
youwill evacuate
theywill evacuate

Future Perfect

Iwill have evacuated
youwill have evacuated
he;she;itwill have evacuated
wewill have evacuated
youwill have evacuated
theywill have evacuated

Subjunctive

Present

Ievacuate
youevacuate
he;she;itevacuate
weevacuate
youevacuate
theyevacuate

Perfect

Ihave evacuated
youhave evacuated
he;she;ithave evacuated
wehave evacuated
youhave evacuated
theyhave evacuated

Imperfect

Ievacuated
youevacuated
he;she;itevacuated
weevacuated
youevacuated
theyevacuated

Pluperfect

Ihad evacuated
youhad evacuated
he;she;ithad evacuated
wehad evacuated
youhad evacuated
theyhad evacuated

Conditional

Present

Iwould evacuate
youwould evacuate
he;she;itwould evacuate
wewould evacuate
youwould evacuate
theywould evacuate

Perfect

Iwould have evacuated
youwould have evacuated
he;she;itwould have evacuated
wewould have evacuated
youwould have evacuated
theywould have evacuated

Imperative

youevacuate
weLet's evacuate
youevacuate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam evacuating
youare evacuating
he;she;itis evacuating
weare evacuating
youare evacuating
theyare evacuating

Perfect

Ihave been evacuating
youhave been evacuating
he;she;ithas been evacuating
wehave been evacuating
youhave been evacuating
theyhave been evacuating

Past

Iwas evacuating
youwere evacuating
he;she;itwas evacuating
wewere evacuating
youwere evacuating
theywere evacuating

Pluperfect

Ihad been evacuating
youhad been evacuating
he;she;ithad been evacuating
wehad been evacuating
youhad been evacuating
theyhad been evacuating

Future

Iwill be evacuating
youwill be evacuating
he;she;itwill be evacuating
wewill be evacuating
youwill be evacuating
theywill be evacuating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been evacuating
youwill have been evacuating
he;she;itwill have been evacuating
wewill have been evacuating
youwill have been evacuating
theywill have been evacuating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be evacuating
youwould be evacuating
he;she;itwould be evacuating
wewould be evacuating
youwould be evacuating
theywould be evacuating

Perfect

Iwould have been evacuating
youwould have been evacuating
he;she;itwould have been evacuating
wewould have been evacuating
youwould have been evacuating
theywould have been evacuating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verbs referencing "evacuate"

German, old spelling evakuieren, Swedish evakuera, Cebuano bakwit.

Sample Sentences

  • The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
  • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  • The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. [1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England:]
  • The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
  • Early the next morning I set off on the long and hazardous trek through jungles and hills into Assam, and regretfully said "good-bye" to the gallant little Burma Railways, which had functioned to the last and played a big part in evacuating many thousands of refugees and wounded soldiers in the path of the rapidly advancing Japanese. [1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 327:]
  • The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
  • Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines. [1825, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Aids to Reflection:]
  • In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...] [1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1:]
  • to evacuate a contract or marriage
  • it would not evacuate a marriage after cohabitation and actual consummation [1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:]