past participle

Noun

Meaning

a participle that expresses completed action

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

perfect participle particle conjunction adjective participle preposition adverb disjunctive interjection part of speech present participle type of word flung verb form participle ii

Hypernyms

participle participial

Examples

AmE, but not BrE, has forgot as a less common alternative to forgotten for the past participle of forget. Source: Internet

All other verbs use the perfect tense (hê + past participle) for the past. Source: Internet

Gotten is also typically used in AmE as the past participle for phrasal verbs using get, such as get off, get on, get into, get up, and get around: If you hadn't gotten up so late, you might not have gotten into this mess. Source: Internet

However, embarazado can be used as a past participle in perfect tenses, as in: "Javier ha embarazado a María." Source: Internet

English has an active participle, also called a present participle; and a passive participle, also called a past participle. Source: Internet

For verbs that had -ěti in their infinitive, the past participle ending -ěl evolved into -io in Ijekavian Neoštokavian. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

past one's prime past paper past participial past perfect past perfect continuous past perfect progressive