noun
a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
• Syn: ↑present progressive tense
• Hypernyms: ↑progressive, ↑progressive tense, ↑imperfect, ↑imperfect tense, ↑continuous tense
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Gram. (in English)
a verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the present tense followed by a present participle and used esp. to indicate that a present action or event is in progress, being repeated, or of a temporary nature or to express the future. Also called present continuous.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.