present perfect progressive

noun

present perfect continuous

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present perfect continuous
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Meanings

nounpresent perfect progressive (plural present perfect progressives)

plural present perfect progressives

  1. continuativeperfectpresentgrammarpresent perfect continuous

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA verb construction (made up of has been or have been plus the present participle) that emphasizes the ongoing nature of an action that began in the past and continues in the present.

Similar
present perfect continuous
Broader
perfectiveperfective tenseperfect
Also see
present perfect continuous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with present perfect progressive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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APA

present perfect progressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/present%20perfect%20progressive

MLA

“present perfect progressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/present%20perfect%20progressive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “present perfect progressive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/present%20perfect%20progressive.

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