Present Participle Definition

prĕzənt
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.
American Heritage
A participle used.
Webster's New World

(grammar) A verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state in the present and which can function as an adjective.

Wiktionary
adjective
Attributive form of present participle, noun.
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Other Word Forms of Present Participle

Noun

Singular:
present participle
Plural:
present-participles

Present Participle Sentence Examples

  • They were asked to use the present participle of the verb.

  • Kay Harrington from Battersea Why have we lost the use of the present participle with the verbs ' to sit/stand '?

  • All tenses of reflexive verbs except the imperative and present participle are formed by prefixing the pronoun which indicates the object to the verb, in the dative or genitive case (abbreviated) as the verb may require; but in the reflexive imperative and present participle the verb precedes the pronoun; e.g.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

ELEPLE

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