continuous tense (English, noun)
expansion: continuous tense (plural continuous tenses)
Senses:
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glosses: A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").
Forms:
form: continuous tenses
tags: plural