Principal Parts (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun (used with a plural verb)Grammar.
  1. 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.
pl n
  1. 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
  2. the sides and interior angles of a triangle
Principal Parts (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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