participle

participle is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.
2. adjective. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.
3. noun. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

   Synonyms: participial

Synonyms

participial

Common word forms

participles

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