PRESENT PARTICIPLE


Meaning of PRESENT PARTICIPLE in English

noun

( grammar ) the form of the verb that in English ends in -ing and is used with the verb to be to form progressive tenses such as I was running or sometimes as an adjective as in running water

—compare past participle

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.