participle
5
5.5
- noun
- /ˈpɑːrtɪsɪpəl/
- Specialized
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participio
- In the sentence 'the broken vase lay on the floor,' 'broken' is a participle used as an adjective.
- past participle
- present participle
- participle form
And then there's a fourth vowel that is the vowel of the past participle, which in the case of help on is goes to holpen.
- And then there's a fourth vowel that is the vowel of the past participle, which in the case of help on is goes to holpen.
- Past and present participles are often inflected as adjectives, even when they form paraphrastic verb forms.
- We don't begin sentences with participle phrases we don't say.
Examples
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If it's a participle modifying the first word then... you better, uh... you better keep it lower case.
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A participle phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
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I can only hope it is not a past participle.
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"Resume," I believe, is a past participle of...
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The past participle of the verb, to lay.
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You used the past participle without a modifier.
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Infinitive: know, past: knew, past participle: known. Past Perfect is formed like this: had + past participle.
Blog text (2) -
And it may be useful to keep in mind that Kerouac uses the present participle form "becoming" to describe Sal's perception of Dean.
Academic text (2003) -
Where I'm from, we don't dangle our participles.
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The word game here involves both morphology and syntax, as the present participle can function as a verb or as an adjective.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
1
2.7
A verb form that shows a finished action and is used with have or in passive sentences
1
3.3
A verb form made by adding -ing that shows an action happening now or that describes a noun
A verb form like 'baked' that acts as an adjective or helps make verb tenses
A verb form that uses having plus the past form to show an action finished before another
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.4
A phrase that describes an action but is not linked to the person or thing, causing confusion
- Specialized
1
2.7
A verb form that shows a finished action and is used with have or in passive sentences
- Specialized
1
3.3
A verb form made by adding -ing that shows an action happening now or that describes a noun
- Specialized
A verb form that uses having plus the past form to show an action finished before another
Surface Forms
Etymology
Participle comes from Latin words meaning 'to take part' and has the root part- meaning 'part'. A helpful way to remember it is that a participle is a verb form that 'takes part' as both a verb and an adjective, which is why forms like 'walking' can both describe something and help make verb tenses.