chat
verb (used without object)
to converse in a familiar or informal manner.
have been chatting
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present perfect progressiveof chat.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The three of them have been chatting with investors for potential funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Burton had no idea this exchange was taking place but said he has had numerous encounters over the last few years in which strangers approach him and insisted they have been chatting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
It was a way to ease out of one day and into the next in the spaces that I would have been chatting with my partner Chris.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
The people I have been chatting to do not fit that description.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023
"Oh, no," she hastened to assure him, naïvely—it was her first season—"but we have been chatting already fifteen minutes, and that's long enough."
From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells
