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PRESENT PARTICIPLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does present participle mean?
• PRESENT PARTICIPLE (noun)
The noun PRESENT PARTICIPLE has 1 sense:
1. a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing
Familiarity information: PRESENT PARTICIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("present participle" is a kind of...):
participial; participle (a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses)
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