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PAST PARTICIPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does past participle mean?
• PAST PARTICIPLE (noun)
The noun PAST PARTICIPLE has 1 sense:
1. a participle that expresses completed action
Familiarity information: PAST PARTICIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A participle that expresses completed action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
past participle; perfect participle
Hypernyms ("past participle" is a kind of...):
participial; participle (a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses)
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