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principal parts

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principal parts
pl.n.
1. In traditional grammars of inflected languages, the forms of the verb that are considered basic and from which all other forms of the verb are derived.
2. In English, the present infinitive (play, eat, put), the past tense (played, ate, put), the present participle (playing, eating, putting), and the past participle (played, eaten, put).
principal parts
Noun, pl
Grammar the main verb forms, from which all other verb forms may be deduced
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These are the principal parts and most worthy of notice in Hippodamus's plan.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
He was to be the means of bringing together again these two people who had played the principal parts in Lovell's drama--his new employer and the woman who had ruined his life.
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
And when I came it was the same: everything was neglected but French, German, music, singing, dancing, fancy-work, and a little drawing--such drawing as might produce the greatest show with the smallest labour, and the principal parts of which were generally done by me.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
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