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noun Grammar.
an adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, variant of participe < Latin participium, derivative of particeps taking part, equivalent to parti- (stem of pars) part + -cep- (combining form of capere to take) + -s nominative singular ending
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, variant of participe < Latin participium, derivative of particeps taking part, equivalent to parti- (stem of pars) part + -cep- (combining form of capere to take) + -s nominative singular ending
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Participle
is always a great word to know.
So is en dash. Does it mean:
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- For another form of the same word, there's the past participle presumed.
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World English Dictionary
| participle (ˈpɑːtɪsɪpəl, pɑːˈtɪsɪpəl) | |
| —n | |
| present participle See also past participle a nonfinite form of verbs, in English and other languages, used adjectivally and in the formation of certain compound tenses | |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin participium, from particeps partaker, from pars | |
| participial | |
| —adj, —n | |
| parti'cipially | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
participle
1388, "a noun-adjective," from O.Fr. participle, var. of participe, from L. participium, lit. "a sharing, partaking," from particeps "partaker" (see participation). In grammatical sense, the L. translates Gk. metokhe "sharer, partaker," and the notion is of a word
EXPAND "partaking" of the nature of both a noun and an adjective.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
participle [(pahr-tuh-sip-uhl)]The verb form that combines with an auxiliary verb to indicate certain tenses.
The present participle is formed by adding -ing to the infinitive; it indicates present action: “The girl is swimming”; “I am thinking.” (Compare gerund.)
The past participle usually ends in -ed; it indicates completed or past action: “The gas station has closed”; “The mayor had spoken.”
Participles may also function as adjectives: “Your mother is a charming person”; “This is a talking parrot”; “Spoken words cannot be revoked.”
Note: A “dangling” participle is one that is not clearly connected to the word it modifies: “Standing at the corner, two children walked past me.” A better version of this example would be, “While I was standing at the corner, two children walked past me.”
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