Usually means: Verb form denoting continuous action.
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  1. present participle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. present participle: Merriam-Webster
  3. present participle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. present participle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. present participle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. present participle: Vocabulary.com
  7. present participle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. present-participle, present participle: Wiktionary
  9. present participle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. present participle: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. present participle: Dictionary.com
  12. Present participle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. present participle: Rhymezone
  14. present participle: FreeDictionary.org
  15. present participle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. present participle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Present Participle: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (present participle)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.

Similar:
agent participle, dynamic, finite verb, habituative, weak verb, ventive, potential, functioning, eventivizer, volitive, more...

Opposite:
past participle, infinitive, gerund

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Similar:
agent participle, dynamic, finite verb, habituative, weak verb, ventive, potential, functioning, eventivizer, volitive, more...

Opposite:
past participle, infinitive, gerund



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