WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026pres′ent progres′sive, [Gram.](in English)
- Grammara verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the present tense followed by a present participle and used esp. to indicate that a present action or event is in progress, being repeated, or of a temporary nature or to express the future. Also called present continuous.
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