participial — ozdic

Collocations

3

ADJ.

basic

VERB + PARTICIPIAL

teaching

PARTICIPIAL + NOUN

constructions

Definitions

adj

1

Of, relating to, or being a participle.

noun

1

A non-finite verb.

§ 280. A Participial is a derived form of the verb used not for asserting but for expressing either, — 1. An object of thought; or, 2. A modification of such an object. Participials, accordingly, are either, — 1. Noun-participials; as, "To think is to act;" "Their sending the messacre was the cause of the trouble;" or, 2. Adjective-participials, more commonly called Participles; as, "The advancing army;" "The expected messenger."

[…] the verb has two forms, which […] are called Participials, namely, (a) The Infinitv […] (b) The Participle […] .

2

A participial word.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a non-finite form of the verb

participle

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

4

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§ 280. A Participial is a derived form of the verb used not for asserting but for expressing either, — 1. An object of thought; or, 2. A modification of such an object. Participials, accordingly, are

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02

[…] the verb has two forms, which […] are called Participials, namely, (a) The Infinitv […] (b) The Participle […] .

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03

To have a short appellation, let us call participles and infinitives participials. Among all the myriads of words, a more skillful, many-sided and hard-working class than this could hardly be found, a

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04

I'm teaching basic participial constructions now, but, with regard to those below, what different ways of translating them would everybody use?

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, participial is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.