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participle Noun

— A participle is a form of a verb that has no tense and is often used as a modifier. In the following sentences, the underlined word is a participle: uing/u water is very hot. The uused/u book had a dirty cover. I was ustudying/u English when you called this morning. I have uwalked/u on this street many times. The table is usupported/u by four legs. Without uthinking/u, he ran down the street.

participle

— noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

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participial

verbal adverb

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share

security

past participle

partitive case

particle

gerund

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  noun verb adjective adverb conjunction preposition particle article word participle infinitive part of speech compound derivative