present participle

pres·ent par·ti·ci·ple

P p

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [prez-uh nt pahr-tuh-sip-uh l, -suh-puh l]
- /ˈprɛz ənt ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəl/
- /ˈpreznt pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.pl̩/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [prez-uh nt pahr-tuh-sip-uh l, -suh-puh l]
- /ˈprɛz ənt ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəl/

Definitions of present participle words

noun present participle Grammar. a participle form, in English having the suffix -ing, denoting repetition or duration of an activity or event: used as an adjective, as in the growing weeds, and in forming progressive verb forms, as in The weeds are growing. 1
noun present participle grammar: -ing form of a verb 1
countable noun present participle In grammar, the present participle of a verb is the form which ends in '-ing'. Present participles are used to form continuous tenses, as in 'She was wearing a neat blue suit'. They are often nouns, as in 'I hate cooking' and 'Cooking can be fun'. Many of them can be used like an adjective in front of a noun, as in 'their smiling faces'. 0
noun present participle a participial form of verbs used adjectivally when the action it describes is contemporaneous with that of the main verb of a sentence and also used in the formation of certain compound tenses. In English this form ends in -ing 0
noun present participle a participle used 0
noun present participle with auxiliaries to show present or continuing action or state of being (Ex.: growing in “he is growing”) 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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