progressive tense

/prəˈgrɛsɪv tɛns/

/prəʊˈgrɛsɪv tɛns/

Other forms: progressive tenses

Definitions of progressive tense

1. noun

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
   synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive

   types:

   present progressive, present progressive tense

   a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance

   past progressive, past progressive tense

   a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past

   future progressive, future progressive tense

   a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future

   type of:

   tense

   a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time