1. a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; - Example: "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive" [syn: past progressive, past progressive tense]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
past progressive
n 1: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the
past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past
progressive" [syn: past progressive, past progressive
tense]