Speakur

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active participle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
ac-tive -par-tici-ple
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

active participles (plural)

Phrases

active participial continuous aspect progressive aspect

Frequently Paired Words

continuous aspect progressive aspect

Questions

What does active participle mean?
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.

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