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Present participle Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Present participle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing

2

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

See Also
active participle periphrastic present continuous present perfect continuous future participle participle progressive verb gerund
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
participle
Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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