past participle

American  

[past pahr-tuh-sip-uhl] / ˈpæst ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl /

noun

Grammar.

1. a participle with past or passive meaning, such as fallen, worked, caught, or defeated: used in English and some other languages as an adjective, as in a broken record, or along with an auxiliary to form perfect and passive verb constructions, as in We have eaten and He was wounded.

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past participle British  

noun

1. a participial form of verbs used to modify a noun that is logically the object of a verb, also used in certain compound tenses and passive forms of the verb in English and other languages

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Etymology

Origin of past participle

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Investigators also found other examples of her writing with the same past participle mistake.

From New York Times

Aside from being the past participle of wake, for decades, it meant conscious and aware – but the slang word has come to represent an embrace of progressive activism, as well.

From Fox News

Factum, the neuter past participle, means ‘that which has been done’.

From Literature

The word “confit” is the French past participle of the verb “to preserve.”

From Washington Post

Lately I’ve been doing a deep dive into the origins of English grammar, specifically the difference between past participle and present perfect.

From New York Times