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present active participle

present active participle noun: a participle that expresses an action that occurs at the same moment as the action of the main verb, regardless of the of tense the main verb.

Noun

present active participle (plural present active participles)

  1. A participle that expresses an action that occurs at the same moment as the action of the main verb, regardless of the of tense the main verb.

Forms of present active participle

pluralpresent active participles

Questions about present active participle

What does present active participle mean?
Present active participle means a participle that expresses an action that occurs at the same moment as the action of the main verb, regardless of the of tense the main verb.
What part of speech is present active participle?
Present active participle is a noun.
What is the plural of present active participle?
The plural of present active participle is present active participles.

Words near present active participle in the dictionary

  1. presensitization
  2. presensitizations
  3. presensitize
  4. presensitized
  5. present
  6. present active participle
  7. present active participles
  8. present arms
  9. present company excepted
  10. present company excluded
  11. present conditional

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