participates
- 1Third-person singular present of participate.
Each student participates in at least one after-school club.
The company participates in several industry conferences each year.
Note
The form a singular subject calls for in the present: she participates, the club participates, everyone participates. In current English the verb is intransitive and reaches its object through in, so you write participates in a debate, not participates a debate. The older pattern with a direct object, where to participate something meant to share it or pass it on to others, is obsolete. Dropping the in now reads as an error, not as an older usage.
participates is a form of participate
participate, verb: To take part in an activity or event, involving yourself together with others. Full entry
- Forms
- participateparticipates he/she/itparticipating -ing formparticipated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- participate → participates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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