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PERFECT PARTICIPLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does perfect participle mean?

• PERFECT PARTICIPLE (noun)
The noun PERFECT PARTICIPLE has 1 sense:

1. a participle that expresses completed action

Familiarity information: PERFECT PARTICIPLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERFECT PARTICIPLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A participle that expresses completed action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

past participle; perfect participle

Hypernyms ("perfect participle" is a kind of...):

participial; participle (a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses)

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