perfect participle

noun

a simple (one-word) participle, traditionally called the past participle, used together with an auxiliary verb to form a perfect tense, such as "eaten" in English or "gegangen" in German

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past participle
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Meanings

nounperfect participle (plural perfect participles)

plural perfect participles

  1. A participle indicating a completed action or state:
    1. grammara simple (one-word) participle, traditionally called the past participle, used together with an auxiliary verb to form a perfect tense, such as "eaten" in English or "gegangen" in German
    2. grammara compound participle, e.g. "having eaten" in English or "ayant mangé" in French.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna participle that expresses completed action

Similar
past participle
Broader
participleparticipial
Also see
past participle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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