Associations to the word «Participle»

Wiktionary

PARTICIPLE, noun. (grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle.

Dictionary definition

PARTICIPLE, noun. A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne