present participle
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
(prĕzˈənt)
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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