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present participle

The definition of a present participle is a grammar term used to describe what a subject is doing or will continue to do.

(noun)

An example of present participle is the word smiling in the sentence "he's a smiling baby."

See present participle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Gram. a participle used

with auxiliaries to show present or continuing action or state of being (Ex.: growing in “he is growing”)
as an adjective (Ex.: growing in “a growing boy”)

See present participle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A participle expressing present action, in English formed by the infinitive plus -ing and used to express present action in relation to the time indicated by the finite verb in its clause, to form progressive tenses with the auxiliary be, and to function as a verbal adjective.

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