past perfect continuous

Noun

Meaning

Examples

She had been living in England for three years before moving to Sweden.

past perfect continuous (uncountable)

(grammar) A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

past perfect progressive

Related terms

past perfect past continuous

Close letter words and terms

past participial past participle past perfect past perfect progressive past perfect tense past period of bad times