participle

Word family adjectiveparticipialadverbparticipiallynounparticiple

Related topics: Grammar

par·ti·ci·ple /ˈpɑːtəsɪpəl, pɑːˈtɪsəpəl $ ˈpɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

technicalSLG one of the forms of a verb that are used to make tenses. In English, present participles end in -ing and past participles usually end in -ed or -en. 分词

Examples from the Corpus

participle• He: True, in many cases you can get away with using a participle instead of a gerund.• There are no dangling participles or misplaced modifiers.

Origin participle

(1300-1400) Old French Latin participium, from particeps ( → PARTICIPATE); because it takes the part of both verb and adjective

词汇	participle
释义	participle Word family adjectiveparticipialadverbparticipiallynounparticiple Related topics: Grammar par·ti·ci·ple /ˈpɑːtəsɪpəl, pɑːˈtɪsəpəl $ ˈpɑːr-/ ●●○ noun [countableC] technicalSLG one of the forms of a verb that are used to make tenses. In English, present participles end in -ing and past participles usually end in -ed or -en. 分词 Examples from the Corpus participle• He: True, in many cases you can get away with using a participle instead of a gerund.• There are no dangling participles or misplaced modifiers. Origin participle (1300-1400) Old French Latin participium, from particeps ( → PARTICIPATE); because it takes the part of both verb and adjective
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