passive participle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the passive voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the patient of the action denoted by the verb.

Word forms

passive participle passive participles

Derived words

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