Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

past progressive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
past pro-gres-sive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

past continuous

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

past progressive tense

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive obsessive

Questions

What does past progressive mean?
past continuous

How to pronounce past progressive

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