present participle

1. 1.

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

   Broaderparticiple

Questions about present participle

What does present participle mean?

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

Is present participle a common word?

present participle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.