principal parts

prin·ci·pal part

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Definitions of principal parts words

noun principal parts a set of inflected forms of a form class from which all the other inflected forms can be derived, as sing, sang, sung; smoke, smoked. 1
noun plural principal parts main components or elements 1
noun plural principal parts the main inflected forms of a verb, from which all other inflections may be deduced. In English they are generally considered to consist of the third person present singular, present participle, past tense, and past participle 0
noun plural principal parts the sides and interior angles of a triangle 0
noun principal parts the principal inflected forms of a verb, from which the other forms may be derived: in English, the principal parts are the infinitive, past tense, and past participle (Ex: drink, drank, drunk; go, went, gone): the present participle, derived from the present infinitive with the addition of -ing (sense 1), is sometimes regarded as one of the principal parts 0

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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