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active participles

active participles is the plural of active participle.

Meaning of active participle

Noun

active participle (plural active participles)

  1. A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb.

Questions about active participles

What is active participles the plural of?
Active participles is the plural of active participle.

Words near active participles in the dictionary

  1. active matrixes
  2. active measures
  3. active noise cancellation
  4. active noise control
  5. active participle
  6. active participles
  7. active photolocation
  8. active power
  9. active powers
  10. active radar
  11. active radars

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