participle
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In linguistics, a participle (; abbr. '''') is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, participle has been defined as "a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in a laughing face''".
A participle is a verb form that acts like both a verb and an adjective, allowing it to describe things in new ways. For example, in the phrase "a laughing face," the word "laughing" comes from the verb "laugh" but functions as an adjective to describe the face.
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In linguistics, a participle (; abbr. '''') is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, participle has been defined as "a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in a laughing face''".
"Participle" is a traditional grammatical term from Greek and Latin that is widely used for corresponding verb forms in European languages and analogous forms in Sanskrit and Arabic grammar. In particular, Greek and Latin participles are inflected for gender, number and case, but also conjugated for tense and voice and can take prepositional and adverbial modifiers.