"continuous tense" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: tense - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
subtypes:
- present progressive, present progressive tense - a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
- past progressive, past progressive tense - a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
- future progressive, future progressive tense - a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future
same as: imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense