English noun: continuous tense | |||
| 1. | continuous tense a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going | ||
| Synonyms | imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tense | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | future progressive, future progressive tense, past progressive, past progressive tense, present progressive, present progressive tense | ||