progressive tense

1. 1.

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonymsprogressiveimperfectimperfect tensecontinuous tense

   Broadertense

   Narrowerpresent progressivepast progressivefuture progressive

Questions about progressive tense

What does progressive tense mean?

progressive tense means "a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going".

What is another word for progressive tense?

Close synonyms include progressive, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is progressive tense a common word?

progressive tense 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.