participlenoun [ C ]
uk/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.pəl/us/ˈpɑːr.tɪ.sɪ.pəl/the form of a verb that usually ends in "ed" or "ing" and is used as an adjective:
In the sentences "He's sleeping" and "I've already eaten", the words "sleeping" and "eaten" are both participles.
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- The past participle of 'cook' is 'cooked'.
- In Standard American, 'gotten' is used as a past participle of 'get'.
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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- bent
- conjugate
- ditransitive
- historic present
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the pluperfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- wast
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