noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles. Examples : "Studying participles helps you understand how verbs can act like adjectives to describe nouns, like in the phrase "running water". " grammar language linguistics word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading