perfect participle
perfect participle · perfect participles
A participle indicating a completed action or stateA participle indicating a completed action or state: 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
Meaning
2 sensesA participle indicating a completed action or state:
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
A compound participle, e.g. "having eaten" in English or "ayant mangé" in French.
More definitions
- a participle that expresses completed action
Forms
plural: perfect participles| Singular | perfect participle |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a participle that expresses completed action:past participle