Meaning

1 senses
  1. A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.

    Mittelwort der Gegenwart, Partizipium präsentis, Partizip Präsens

    прича́стие настоя́щего вре́мениpričástije nastojáščevo vrémeni

More definitions
  • a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding ‘-ing’

Examples

1 sentences
  1. In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
verb form that indicates an ongoing action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
verb form that indicates an ongoing action:
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