English Explanatory Dictionary

active participle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

active participle active participles

Derived words

active participial
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