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Past Progressive Tense

Definition: Past Progressive Tense

Past Progressive Tense

Noun

1. A progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Past Progressive Tense

Synonym: past progressive (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Past Progressive Tense

English words defined with "past progressive tense": past progressive. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Past Progressive Tense

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

past progressive tense

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Past Progressive Tense

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-e-g-i-n-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-s-s-t-t-v"

-5 letters: operativenesses, progressiveness, representatives.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Past Progressive Tense


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 73 74      50 72 6F 67 72 65 73 73 69 76 65      54 65 6E 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010100 01100101 01101110 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#115 &#116 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#111 &#103 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#84 &#101 &#110 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0073 0074      0050 0072 006F 0067 0072 0065 0073 0073 0069 0076 0065      0054 0065 006E 0073 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

506785862508481738471858575887125471808571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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