Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to menstruate
Participle: menstruated
Gerund: menstruating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | menstruate |
| you | menstruate |
| he;she;it | menstruates |
| we | menstruate |
| you | menstruate |
| they | menstruate |
Perfect
| I | have menstruated |
| you | have menstruated |
| he;she;it | has menstruated |
| we | have menstruated |
| you | have menstruated |
| they | have menstruated |
Past
| I | menstruated |
| you | menstruated |
| he;she;it | menstruated |
| we | menstruated |
| you | menstruated |
| they | menstruated |
Pluperfect
| I | had menstruated |
| you | had menstruated |
| he;she;it | had menstruated |
| we | had menstruated |
| you | had menstruated |
| they | had menstruated |
Future
| I | will menstruate |
| you | will menstruate |
| he;she;it | will menstruate |
| we | will menstruate |
| you | will menstruate |
| they | will menstruate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have menstruated |
| you | will have menstruated |
| he;she;it | will have menstruated |
| we | will have menstruated |
| you | will have menstruated |
| they | will have menstruated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | menstruate |
| you | menstruate |
| he;she;it | menstruate |
| we | menstruate |
| you | menstruate |
| they | menstruate |
Perfect
| I | have menstruated |
| you | have menstruated |
| he;she;it | have menstruated |
| we | have menstruated |
| you | have menstruated |
| they | have menstruated |
Imperfect
| I | menstruated |
| you | menstruated |
| he;she;it | menstruated |
| we | menstruated |
| you | menstruated |
| they | menstruated |
Pluperfect
| I | had menstruated |
| you | had menstruated |
| he;she;it | had menstruated |
| we | had menstruated |
| you | had menstruated |
| they | had menstruated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would menstruate |
| you | would menstruate |
| he;she;it | would menstruate |
| we | would menstruate |
| you | would menstruate |
| they | would menstruate |
Perfect
| I | would have menstruated |
| you | would have menstruated |
| he;she;it | would have menstruated |
| we | would have menstruated |
| you | would have menstruated |
| they | would have menstruated |
Imperative
| you | menstruate |
| we | Let's menstruate |
| you | menstruate |
Verbs conjugated like 'menstruate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'menstruate'
menstrate,
estruate,
mensurate,
oestruate,
aestuate,
denitrate,
enstate,
estuate,
fenestrate,
ministrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From menstruum + -ate (verb-forming suffix); sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.
Verbs referencing "menstruate"
Finnish with old forms
menstruoida, Irish
míostraigh.
Sample Sentences
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A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all. [1884, The Medical Age, volume 2, page 358:]
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Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean". [1885, Hermann Heinrich Ploss, Max Bartels, Paul Bartels, translated by Eric John Dingwall, Woman: an historical, gynæcological and anthropological compendium, page 150:]
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Fortunately, there’s early signs of a “wokelash” from institutions that won’t cower to this nonsense. When staff at publisher Hachette threatened to down tools because they regarded JK Rowling as a toxic transphobe for a tweet mocking “people” who menstruate instead of “women”, management pushed back saying they couldn’t refuse to work on a book because they disagree with the author’s views. [2021 November 20, Angela Mollard, “Gen Z cancelling musical Grease is disappointing”, in The Daily Telegraph, Surrey Hills, N.S.W:]