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PAST PROGRESSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does past progressive mean? 

PAST PROGRESSIVE (noun)
  The noun PAST PROGRESSIVE has 1 sense:

1. a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the pastplay

  Familiarity information: PAST PROGRESSIVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAST PROGRESSIVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

past progressive; past progressive tense

Context example:

'I had been running' is an example of the past progressive

Hypernyms ("past progressive" is a kind of...):

continuous tense; imperfect; imperfect tense; progressive; progressive tense (a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going)


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