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present participle definition

present participle

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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