Definition of Present progressive

1. Noun. A tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance.


Definition of Present progressive

1. Noun. (grammar) present continuous ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Present Progressive

present-day
present-day(a)
present-participle
present-tense
present conditional
present continuous
present imperfect
present indicative
present moment
present participle
present participles
present perfect
present perfect continuous
present perfect progressive
present perfect tense
present progressive (current term)
present progressive tense
present sense impression
present sense impressions
present subjunctive
present system
present tense
present tenses
present time
presentability
presentable
presentableness
presentably
presentaneous
presentation

Literary usage of Present progressive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Modern English Grammar by Huber Gray Buehler (1900)
"present progressive. He is calling. Past Progressive. He was calling. Future Progressive. ... present progressive. Do call. Be calling, do be calling. ..."

2. A Modern English Grammar by Huber Gray Buehler (1906)
"present progressive. [To] call. [To] be calling. Perfect. Perfect Progressive. ... present progressive. He is called. He is being called. Past. ..."

3. Business English: A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig (1914)
"present progressive tense of walk. 3. Present perfect of drive. (See Exercise 108 for the ... present progressive of ride. 8. Past emphatic of ride. 9. ..."

4. A Modern English Grammar Revised: With Practical Exercises by Huber Gray Buehler (1914)
"Active Voice Indicative Mood Present Emphatic present progressive He does call. He is calling. Past Emphatic Past Progressive Future' Perfect He will have ..."

5. Grammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language as Spoken in the Upper by William McCutchan Morrison (1906)
"The present progressive tense is used to indicate continuous or progressive action or being in present time, without any idea as to when the action began or ..."

6. The Grammar of Present Day English by Carl Holliday (1919)
"INFINITIVES Root Infinitives Present present progressive (To) play. ... PASSIVE VOICE INDICATIVE MOOD Present present progressive He is played (as He is ..."

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