participial
Acting as adjective
Participial describes something relating to or formed from a participle—a verb form that functions as an adjective or part of a compound tense.
A participial phrase uses a participle to modify a noun: "Running late, she skipped breakfast." Participial adjectives like "broken" or "fascinating" derive from verb forms but describe nouns directly.
Verb-derived noun form
- infinitiveUnconjugated verb form
- danglingSuspended and swaying freely
- nonfiniteVerb lacking tense
- clauseProvision in agreement
phrase · modifier · misplaced · construction · reduced · complement · syntax · morphology
Past participle of "be"
- beingExisting as something
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- consideredThought about carefully
- regardedConsidered or esteemed
deemed · believed · thought · assumed · perceived · seen · heard · known
gerund
Verb-derived noun form
- infinitiveUnconjugated verb form
- danglingSuspended and swaying freely
- nonfiniteVerb lacking tense
clause · phrase · modifier · misplaced · construction · reduced · complement · syntax · morphology · conjugation
been
Past participle of "be"
- beingExisting as something
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- consideredThought about carefully
regarded · deemed · believed · thought · assumed · perceived · seen · heard · known · taken
engaging
Pleasantly attractive, compelling attention
painting · speaking · thinking · exploring · teaching · dancing · singing · playing · cooking · traveling
-ing
Suffix for continuous action
broken · spoken · taken · given · known · seen · heard · felt · found · made
- verbalsgerund, infinitive, gerundive, bare infinitive, to-infinitive
participialinfinitive
Unconjugated verb form
finite · conjugated · indicative · gerundive · imperative
participate, participation, participle, participatory, participator