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PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does present progressive tense mean? 

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE (noun)
  The noun PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE has 1 sense:

1. a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utteranceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

present progressive; present progressive tense

Hypernyms ("present progressive tense" 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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