present perfect continuous

English

Noun

present perfect continuous (uncountable)

Examples (grammar)
I have been working in this bank all my professional life.

1. (grammar) A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing at the present time, started in the past. In English it is formed by using have been with a present participle.

Synonyms

• present perfect progressive

Related terms

• present continuous
• present perfect

Translations

tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing at the present time

• Finnish: kestoperfekti
• Hungarian: folyamatos befejezett jelen
• Polish: czas teraźniejszy dokonany ciągły m
• Russian: настоя́щее соверше́нное непреры́вное вре́мя n (nastojáščeje soveršénnoje neprerývnoje vrémja), настоя́щее соверше́нное продо́лженное вре́мя n (nastojáščeje soveršénnoje prodólžennoje vrémja)
• Vietnamese: thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn