PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does present progressive mean? 

• PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (noun)
  The noun PRESENT PROGRESSIVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PRESENT PROGRESSIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

present progressive; present progressive tense

Hypernyms ("present progressive" is a kind of...):

continuous tense; imperfect; imperfect tense; progressive; progressive tense (a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going)