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Definitions for past progressive
past pro·gres·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
past progressive, past progressive tensenoun
a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
"`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"
Wiktionary
past progressivenoun
past continuous tense
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past progressive
The past progressive, also known as past continuous, is a verb tense used in English to express ongoing or incomplete actions or events that were happening in the past. This tense is typically formed using the past tense of the auxiliary verb 'to be' (was/were) and the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb. For example, "I was reading when he arrived."
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of past progressive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of past progressive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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