past participle

past par·ti·ci·ple

P p

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [past, pahst pahr-tuh-sip-uh l, -suh-puh l]
- /pæst, pɑst ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəl/
- /pɑːst pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.pl̩/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [past, pahst pahr-tuh-sip-uh l, -suh-puh l]
- /pæst, pɑst ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəl/

Definitions of past participle words

noun past participle a participle with past, perfect, or passive meaning, as fallen, sung, defeated; perfect participle: used in English and other languages in forming the present perfect, pluperfect, and passive and as an adjective. 1
noun past participle perfect-tense verb form 1
countable noun past participle In grammar, the past participle of a verb is a form that is usually the same as the past form and so ends in '-ed'. A number of verbs have irregular past participles, for example 'break' (past participle 'broken'), and 'come' (past participle 'come'). Past participles are used to form perfect tenses and the passive voice, and many of them can be used like an adjective in front of a noun. 0
noun past participle a participial form of verbs used to modify a noun that is logically the object of a verb, also used in certain compound tenses and passive forms of the verb in English and other languages 0
noun past participle a participle used a) with auxiliaries to express, typically, completed action or a time or state gone by (Ex.: spoken in “he has spoken”) b) with auxiliaries to form the passive voice (Ex.: eaten in “the snails were all eaten in a moment”) c) as an adjective (Ex.: polished in “polished brass”) 0

before 1790

One of the 43% newest English words

First recorded in 1790-1800

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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