Synonyms for continuous tense

Most common

progressive · progressive tense · imperfect · imperfect tense

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").

Example sentences

• progressive Algeria needs a new pan-Algerian progressive party.
• imperfect As we are all imperfect human beings, so is life as well.

By length

9 letters

imperfect³

11 letters

progressive³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imperfect³ = 3 syllables).