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perfect participles

perfect participles is the plural of perfect participle.

Meaning of perfect participle

Noun

perfect participle (plural perfect participles)

  1. a simple (one-word) participle, traditionally called the past participle, used together with an auxiliary verb to form a perfect tense, such as "eaten" in English or "gegangen" in German
  2. a compound participle, e.g. "having eaten" in English or "ayant mangé" in French.

Questions about perfect participles

What is perfect participles the plural of?
Perfect participles is the plural of perfect participle.

Words near perfect participles in the dictionary

  1. perfect number
  2. perfect numbers
  3. perfect octave
  4. perfect octaves
  5. perfect participle
  6. perfect participles
  7. perfect passive participle
  8. perfect passive participles
  9. perfect pitch
  10. perfect pitches
  11. perfect power

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