present participle

Questions about present participle

What is the opposite of present participle?

WordNet records no antonym for present participle. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for present participle come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of present participle

• Full entry for present participleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for present participleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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