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 Definitions of participle  [ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəl]  

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Definition of 'participle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) participle
a nonfinite verbal form that can function as an adjective or be used with certain auxiliaries to make compound verb forms, as burning in a burning candle or devoted in your devoted friend. Abbr.: part.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < MF, var. of participe < L participium, der. (with

Definition of 'participle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) participle, participial
a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses


Definition of 'participle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) participle
in grammar, the form of a verb used to make a compound tense
the present/past participle


Definition of 'participle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) participle
anything that partakes of the nature of different things

2. (noun) participle
a part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles


Translation of 'participle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: word formed from a verb, used either to form compound tenses or as an adjective or noun
('going' and 'gone' are the present and past participle of 'go'.)

Brazilian flag Brazilian: particípio German flag German: das Partizip Finnish flag Finnish: partisiippi
Korean flag Korean: 분사 Persian flag Persian: اسم صفت Pashto flag Pashto: دصفت اسم ( فاعلي يا مفعول
Thai flag Thai: คำกริยาที่สาม หรือคำกริยา Turkish flag Turkish: ortaç Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 分詞
Chinese flag Chinese: 分词

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