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Present Progressive

nounid 115683·updated May 18, 2026
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a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
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