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continuous tense

continuous tense noun: 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").

Noun

continuous tense (plural continuous tenses)

  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").
    • Traditional grammar places great stress on [...] tenses of verbs and tense-equivalents, including the complications of the continuous tenses (he is writing the book all over again)[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 152

continuous tense meaning in Tamil

continuous tense in Tamil

தொடர் வினைச்சொல்

Synonyms of continuous tense

Forms of continuous tense

pluralcontinuous tenses

Questions about continuous tense

What does continuous tense mean?
Continuous tense means 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").
What is continuous tense in Tamil?
Continuous tense in Tamil is தொடர் வினைச்சொல். See Continuous tense meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is continuous tense?
Continuous tense is a noun.
What is the plural of continuous tense?
The plural of continuous tense is continuous tenses.

Words near continuous tense in the dictionary

  1. continuous phase
  2. continuous phases
  3. continuous random variable
  4. continuous shot
  5. continuous take
  6. continuous tense
  7. continuous tenses
  8. continuous time
  9. continuous times
  10. continuous track
  11. continuous variable

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