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past perfect continuous

past perfect continuous noun: a tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle.

Noun

past perfect continuous (uncountable)

  1. A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle.

past perfect continuous meaning in Tamil

past perfect continuous in Tamil

இறந்தகால நிறைவுத் தொடர்ச்சி

Synonyms of past perfect continuous

Questions about past perfect continuous

What does past perfect continuous mean?
Past perfect continuous means a tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle.
What is past perfect continuous in Tamil?
Past perfect continuous in Tamil is இறந்தகால நிறைவுத் தொடர்ச்சி. See Past perfect continuous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is past perfect continuous?
Past perfect continuous is a noun.

Words near past perfect continuous in the dictionary

  1. past papers
  2. past participial
  3. past participle
  4. past participles
  5. past perfect
  6. past perfect continuous
  7. past perfect progressive
  8. past progressive
  9. past redemption
  10. past simple
  11. past simples

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Adapted from Wiktionary: past perfect continuous (page history and authors); past perfect continuous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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