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past active participle

past active participle noun: a participle that describes an action that has been completed in the past.

Noun

past active participle (plural past active participles)

  1. A participle that describes an action that has been completed in the past.

Forms of past active participle

pluralpast active participles

Questions about past active participle

What does past active participle mean?
Past active participle means a participle that describes an action that has been completed in the past.
What part of speech is past active participle?
Past active participle is a noun.
What is the plural of past active participle?
The plural of past active participle is past active participles.

Words near past active participle in the dictionary

  1. passéism
  2. passéist
  3. passéists
  4. passés
  5. past
  6. past active participle
  7. past active participles
  8. past anterior
  9. past continuous
  10. past due
  11. past exonerative

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