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pres·ent participle

(prĕz′ənt)

A participle expressing present action, in English formed by the infinitive plus -ing and used to express present action in relation to the time indicated by the finite verb in its clause, to form progressive tenses with the auxiliary be, and to function as a verbal adjective. See Usage Notes at participle, very.

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present participle

(Grammar) a participial form of verbs used adjectivally when the action it describes is contemporaneous with that of the main verb of a sentence and also used in the formation of certain compound tenses. In English this form ends in -ing. Compare gerund

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pres′ent par′ticiple

a participle form, in English having the suffix -ing, denoting repetition or duration of an activity or event: used as an adjective, as in the growing weeds, and in forming progressive verb forms, as in The weeds are growing.

present participle

A verb form that expresses current action, such as “speaking.”

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present participle - a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing

participial, participle - a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Translations

příčestí přítomné

participio presente

partisiipin preesens

participe présent

folyamatos melléknévi igenév

lýsingarháttur nútíðar

participio presente

participium praesentis

particípio presente

presensparticip

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Elizabeth Teresa Howe's thoughtful and insightful new book explores female autobiographical writing (specifically 'authoring', present participle, as opposed to 'writings', plural noun) in the early modern Hispanic world.

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There are seven essays: Aldred among the West Saxons: Bamburgh, and what bebbisca might mean; the rewards and perplexities of Old English glosses; a context for the Exeter Book: some suggestions but no conclusions; mapping the Anglo-Saxon intellectual landscape: the risks and rewards of source-study; the Old English Boethius as a book of nature; doomsday and nature in the Old English poem Judgement Day II; two syntactic notes on Old English grammar; (1) OE aebeon/wesan + present participle construction, (2) OE standan as a Copula.

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This is the question raised by Nickel (1966), and again by Mitchell (1985: [section][section]974-982) when he evokes "the problem of deciding whether the present participle is to be taken as adjectival or verbal".