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participle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | participial |
| Type of | verb |
| Has types | past participle, perfect participle, present participle |
| Derivation | participial |
Examples of participle
participle
In some cases a verb has become weak in the preterite but not in the participle.
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Also the missing participle in the first sentence obscures your meaning somewhat.
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The active participle of break is breaking, and the passive participle is broken.
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In Imperial Aramaic, the participle began to be used for a historical present.
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The Ancient Greek participle shares in the properties of adjectives and verbs.
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However, some 3-vowel words have a 4th vowel appearing only in the participle.
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The phrase-final verb is never finite, but normally a participle or an infinitive.
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If you who wish to de-list this article from FA status, participle in the next FAR.
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The consonant anomaly in stand is still visible, and is extended to the participle.
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- A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
- A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase, and then plays a role similar to an adjective or adverb. It is one of the types of nonfinite verb forms...
- (Participles) are adjectives and are often used in front of nouns, as in "I saw a talking horse", "It was a done deal", and "She sold the crashed car at a loss".
- A non-finite verb form which encodes aspect or voice. In European languages, participles have no person properties but (in languages like Latin or Icelandic which have a richer morphology than English) they may have number/gender/case properties. ...
- The past participle is the form of a verb which is used to form certain past tenses (e.g. looked in I have looked) and sometimes as an adjective (e.g. lost in lost property).
- A term usually made by the addition of -ing, -d, or -ed to the bare form of a verb.
- An adjective derived from a verb. In the expression the singing nun, singing is derived from the verb to see, and here it's agreeing with nun. Participles perserve tense and voice from their verbal heritage. ...
- Verb adjective with impersonal meaning in the present or past tense.
- A word which is formed from a verb, but can be used as an adjective, or noun
