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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky