‘Participle’ is a term in English grammar to refer to two endings of non-finite verbs. These are ‘ing’, the present participle, and ‘ed’, ‘d’ or ‘t’, the past participle. The ‘ing’...

Non-finite verb form, in English the present participle and past participle: doing vs done. Participles have properties of both nouns and verbs. In keeping with their verbal character, participles govern objects and give temporal and aspectual...

// n. Any of various non-finite verb forms which can act as the heads of verb phrases functioning as adjectival or adverbial modifiers. English exhibits an imperfective participle (or ‘present participle’) in -ing and a passive participle...

n. (also present participle) A participle marked for imperfective aspect, such as English ironing in Lisa is ironing my shirts, or a similar form in another...

In linguistics, a participle is a non-finite verb form that can be used in compound tenses or voices, or as a modifier. Participles often share properties with other parts of speech, in particular adjectives and nouns. Or in plain terms, it describes a...