cremate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cremate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cremate
Participle: cremated
Gerund: cremating

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Icremate
youcremate
he;she;itcremates
wecremate
youcremate
theycremate

Perfect

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

Past

Icremated
youcremated
he;she;itcremated
wecremated
youcremated
theycremated

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Icremate
youcremate
he;she;itcremate
wecremate
youcremate
theycremate

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Icremated
youcremated
he;she;itcremated
wecremated
youcremated
theycremated

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youcremate
weLet's cremate
youcremate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'cremate'

create, remate, bromate, brumate, chelate, climate, crate, crease, creäte, demate,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verbs referencing "cremate"

Finnish with old forms krematoida.

Sample Sentences

  • I want to be cremated when I die.
  • “You didn’t bury Dad. You burned him.”
  • “We cremated him, Benny. For humans, the word is cremated. And we chose to do that because that’s what they do in Japan.” [2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 422:]