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Past progressive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Past progressive has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"

2

past continuous

See Also
past continuous
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
progressive
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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