"present participle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: present participles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} present participle (plural present participles)
  1. (grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective. Wikipedia link: present participle Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: p.pr. [abbreviation] Hypernyms: participle Related terms: active participle, participle [passive], perfect passive participle, present participial, gerund, gerundive, periphrastic Coordinate_terms: future participle, past participle Translations (verb form that indicates an ongoing action): teenwoordige deelwoord (Afrikaans), onvoltooide deelwoord (Afrikaans), participi present [masculine] (Catalan), 現在分詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 现在分词 (xiànzài fēncí) (Chinese Mandarin), příčestí přítomné [neuter] (Czech), præsens participium [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), lang tillægsform [common-gender] (Danish), onvoltooid deelwoord [neuter] (Dutch), tegenwoordig deelwoord [neuter] (Dutch), nútíðar lýsingarháttur [masculine] (Faroese), partisiipin preesens (Finnish), participe présent [masculine] (French), Mittelwort der Gegenwart [neuter] (German), Partizipium präsentis [neuter] (German), Partizip Präsens [neuter] (German), Partizip I [neuter] (German), μετοχή του ενεστώτα (metochí tou enestóta) [feminine] (Greek), folyamatos melléknévi igenév (Hungarian), lýsingarháttur nútíðar [masculine] (Icelandic), 現在分詞 (genzai bunshi) (alt: げんざいぶんし) (Japanese), participium praesentis [masculine, neuter] (Latin), participe présent [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), particípio presente [masculine] (Portuguese), participiu prezent [neuter] (Romanian), прича́стие настоя́щего вре́мени (pričástije nastojáščevo vrémeni) [neuter] (Russian), participio presente [masculine] (Spanish), presensparticip [common-gender] (Swedish), rhangymeriad presennol [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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          "word": "nútíðar lýsingarháttur"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
          "word": "partisiipin preesens"
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          "roman": "metochí tou enestóta",
          "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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          "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "word": "teenwoordige deelwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "word": "onvoltooide deelwoord"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "příčestí přítomné"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "onvoltooid deelwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tegenwoordig deelwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nútíðar lýsingarháttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "word": "partisiipin preesens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "participe présent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mittelwort der Gegenwart"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metochí tou enestóta",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "μετοχή του ενεστώτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "word": "folyamatos melléknévi igenév"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lýsingarháttur nútíðar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんざいぶんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genzai bunshi",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "word": "現在分詞"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "participium praesentis"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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      "word": "прича́стие настоя́щего вре́мени"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verb form that indicates an ongoing action",
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