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English noun: past progressive tense

1. past progressive tense a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past


Samples`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive.


Synonymspast progressive


Broader (hypernym)continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense









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