present progressive
Present continuousPresent continuous
» The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.
Meaning
1 senses(continuative, present, uncountable)Present continuous
More definitions
- a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
Examples
2 sentencesThe grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.
The dictionary form of the verb is equivalent to the English simple present or the present progressive.
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance:present progressive tense
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable