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past par·tici·ple

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. past participle, perfect participlenoun

    a participle that expresses completed action

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  1. past participlenoun

    A participle indicating a completed action or state.

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  1. past participle

    A past participle is a verb form that typically ends in '-ed', '-d', '-t', '-en', or '-n' and is used to form perfect and passive tenses and adjectives. For instance, in "I have walked", 'walked' is a past participle. Some verbs may have irregular past participles, like 'seen' in "I have seen", 'gone' in "He has gone", or 'worn' in "It's a worn jacket".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of past participle in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of past participle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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