<span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> (uncountable) (grammar) A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the <span class="searchmatch">past</span>. In English it is...
the past. imperfect imperfective past past progressive <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> present <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> on Wikipedia.Wikipedia...
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> progressive <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span>...
tense): <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span>, <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span>, <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span>, <span class="searchmatch">past</span> participle, present, present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span>, present <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span>, present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span>, present...
another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the <span class="searchmatch">past</span> anterior tense. <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> tense pluperfect tense — see pluperfect tense...
Thesaurus:the <span class="searchmatch">past</span> blast from the <span class="searchmatch">past</span> in the <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> anterior <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> historic pastless <span class="searchmatch">past</span> participle <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> progressive <span class="searchmatch">past</span> simple...
present <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> ("I am dreaming"), <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> ("I was dreaming"), present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> ("I have been dreaming"), <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> ("I...
<span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> future <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> hemicontinuous lower semi-<span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> present <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> continuous...
in the <span class="searchmatch">past</span>. In English it is formed by using have been with a present participle. present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> progressive present <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> tense...
of be with a present participle. present progressive <span class="searchmatch">past</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> present <span class="searchmatch">perfect</span> <span class="searchmatch">continuous</span> present tense tense that describes an ongoing action in...