"continuous tense" meaning in English

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        "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\")."
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          "present perfect continuous",
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        "(grammar) 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\")."
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        "(grammar) 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\")."
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