past participlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpɑːst pɑː ˈtɪs.ɪ.pəl/us/ˌpæst ˈpɑːr.tɪ.sɪ.pəl/the form of a verb, usually made by adding -ed, used in some grammatical structures such as the passive and the present perfect:
The past participle of "cook" is "cooked".
More examples
- In English, the perfect is formed with 'have' and the past participle of the verb.
- In Standard American, 'gotten' is used as a past participle of 'get'.
- The past participle is used to form the passive.
- Some adjectives are formed from past participles, like for example 'broken' in 'a broken leg'.
- Some past participles are irregular, such as 'given', 'made' or 'seen'.
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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
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the pluperfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- transitive
- wast
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