progressive tense

: of, relating to, or characterized by progress

: making use of or interested in new ideas, findings, or opportunities

: of, relating to, or constituting an educational theory marked by emphasis on the individual child, informality of classroom procedure, and encouragement of self-expression

: one that is progressive

: one believing in moderate political change and especially social improvement by governmental action

: a member of any of various U.S. political parties: such as

: stretched tight : made taut : rigid

: feeling or showing nervous tension

: marked by strain or suspense

: to make tense

: to become tense

: a distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes

: a set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time

: an inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction