Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
present continuous
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: continuative, present, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: present progressive tense
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
History
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