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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 actionplay

  Familiarity information: PAST PARTICIPLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAST PARTICIPLE (noun)


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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