"past participle" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (grammar) A participle indicating a completed action or state. Wikipedia link: past participle Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: perfect participle Derived forms: active past participle, past participial Coordinate_terms: future participle, present participle Translations (past participle): verlede deelwoord (Afrikaans), voltooide deelwoord (Afrikaans), anv-gwan-verb [masculine] (Breton), participi passat [masculine] (Catalan), 過去分詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 过去分词 (guòqù fēncí) (Chinese Mandarin), příčestí minulé [neuter] (Czech), datids tillægsform [common-gender] (Danish), kort tillægsform [common-gender] (Danish), voltooid deelwoord [neuter] (Dutch), verleden deelwoord [neuter] (Dutch), is-tempa participo (Esperanto), pasinta participo (Esperanto), preterita participo (Esperanto), tátíðar lýsingarháttur [masculine] (Faroese), lýsingarháttur í tátíð [masculine] (Faroese), annar lýsingarháttur [masculine] (Faroese), partisiipin perfekti (Finnish), participe passé [masculine] (French), participio pasado [masculine] (Galician), Mittelwort n der Vergangenheit (German), Partizip II [neuter] (German), 2. Partizip [neuter] (German), zweites Partizip [neuter] (German), Partizip Präteritum [neuter] (German), Partizip Perfekt [neuter] (German), Perfektpartizip [neuter] (German), παρελθοντική μετοχή (parelthontikí metochí) [feminine] (Greek), befejezett melléknévi igenév (Hungarian), lýsingarháttur þátíðar [masculine] (Icelandic), rangabháil chaite [feminine] (Irish), participio passato [masculine] (Italian), 過去分詞 (kako bunshi) (alt: かこぶんし) (Japanese), 과거분사 (gwageobunsa) (alt: 過去分詞) (Korean), būtojo laiko dalyvis [masculine] (Lithuanian), participe pâssé [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), perfektum partisipp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), perfektum partisipp [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), imiesłów czasu przeszłego [masculine] (Polish), particípio passado [masculine] (Portuguese), participiu trecut [neuter] (Romanian), прича́стие проше́дшего вре́мени (pričástije prošédševo vrémeni) [neuter] (Russian), particip perfekta [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), príčastie minulé [neuter] (Slovak), shomantoro (Somali), participio pasado [masculine] (Spanish), perfektparticip [neuter] (Swedish), rhangymeriad gorffennol [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "sense": "past participle",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "past participle",
          "word": "befejezett melléknévi igenév"
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "word": "過去分詞"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "code": "nrf",
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "past participle",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pričástije prošédševo vrémeni",
          "sense": "past participle",
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          "word": "прича́стие проше́дшего вре́мени"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "word": "particip perfekta"
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "word": "príčastie minulé"
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          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "past participle",
          "word": "shomantoro"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "past participle",
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          "code": "cy",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "pasinta participo"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "past participle",
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      "word": "tátíðar lýsingarháttur"
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      "sense": "past participle",
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      "sense": "past participle",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "partisiipin perfekti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "past participle",
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      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "Mittelwort n der Vergangenheit"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "past participle",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "past participle",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parelthontikí metochí",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "befejezett melléknévi igenév"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lýsingarháttur þátíðar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rangabháil chaite"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "participio passato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かこぶんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kako bunshi",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "過去分詞"
    },
    {
      "alt": "過去分詞",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwageobunsa",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "과거분사"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "būtojo laiko dalyvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "participe pâssé"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perfektum partisipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perfektum partisipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imiesłów czasu przeszłego"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "particípio passado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "participiu trecut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričástije prošédševo vrémeni",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прича́стие проше́дшего вре́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "particip perfekta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "príčastie minulé"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "word": "shomantoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "participio pasado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perfektparticip"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "past participle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhangymeriad gorffennol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "past participle"
}

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