Term: past progressive: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
Candidate hypernym: progressive: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going → 1
Candidate hypernym: modality: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility → 0
Candidate hypernym: attention: the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others → 0
Candidate hypernym: bombshell: an entertainer who has a sensational effect → 0
Candidate hypernym: compartment: a space into which an area is subdivided → 0
Candidate hypernym: word of god: the message of the Gospel of Christ → 0
Candidate hypernym: exploration: a careful systematic search → 0
Candidate hypernym: fingerpost: a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger → 0
Candidate hypernym: swimmer: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets → 0
Candidate hypernym: decision: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration → 0
Candidate hypernym: reproductive system: organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring → 0