present participle

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noun

Grammar. a participle form, in English having the suffix -ing, denoting repetition or duration of an activity or event: used as an adjective, as in the growing weeds, and in forming progressive verb forms, as in The weeds are growing.

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Words nearby present participle

presentiment, presentist, presentive, presently, presentment, present participle, present perfect, present progressive, presents, present value, preservation

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How to use present participle in a sentence

In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.
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Angelina Jolie was able to seemingly glide into the Vatican on Thursday to present her new film ‘Unbroken.’
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Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.
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In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
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The account goes some way in showing just how present the Quds and other forces are in Iraq at this point in time.
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But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
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The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.
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Several pioneers familiar with the facts of the tragedy at the time of its occurrence were also present.
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Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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British Dictionary definitions for present participle

present participle

noun

a participial form of verbs used adjectivally when the action it describes is contemporaneous with that of the main verb of a sentence and also used in the formation of certain compound tenses. In English this form ends in -ingCompare gerund

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