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Present Progressive

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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unclassified

Variants

synonym
present progressive tense
plural
Present Progressives
possessive
Present Progressive's
pluralpossessive
Present Progressives'