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Definition of Present participle

1. Noun. A participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing.

Definition of Present participle

1. Noun. (grammar) A verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state in the present and which can function as an adjective. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Present Participle

Literary usage of Present participle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"A present definite is formed by conjugating the old present tense (not tne present participle) with the present ten« of the verb substantive. ..."

2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"The present tense in that dialect is not formed from the present participle. That participle is, as we have seen, substantially the same in both dialects ..."

3. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"The present tense in that dialect is not formed from the present participle. That participle is, as we have seen, substantially the same in both dialects; ..."

4. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"The present participle ends in -ing. Thus, the present participle of the verb ... The present participle usually describes an action as taking place at the ..."

5. The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (1851)
"Dr. Bullions has stated, that, " The present participle active, and the present participle passive, are not counterparts to each other in signification; ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"It is true, that in speaking of the children, the present participle is used, "having one or more children." But the present tense of this participle ..."

7. The Infinitive in Anglo-Saxon by Morgan Callaway (1913)
"I. THE PREDICATE NOMINATIVE OF THE present participle FOR THE PREDICATIVE INFINITIVE AFTER VERBS OF MOTION. Though not correct in saying that in Late West ..."

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