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perfect progressive
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noun Grammar.(in English)
a verb form including the auxiliary have followed by been and a present participle, noting the continuation of an activity or event, its incompleteness or interruption, and its connection to the temporal point of reference, as in I've been waiting for over an hour, They had been talking about her before she came into the room, or In July, he will have been living here for two years.
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Also called perfect continuous.
Words nearby perfect progressive
perfecto, perfector, perfector press, perfect participle, perfect pitch, perfect progressive, perfect rhyme, perfect square, perfect stage, perfect storm, perfervid
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How to use perfect progressive in a sentence
The snow (past perfect progressive of fall) for several hours and now (past of lie) deep on every path.
Business English|Rose BuhligThe past perfect progressive describes an action which was continuing or progressing at some past time.
Plain English|Marian WhartonThe future perfect progressive describes an action which will be progressing at some future time.
Plain English|Marian Wharton