invading
Sayin-VAYD-ing/ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of invade.
Enemy forces were invading from the north when the alarm finally sounded.
The general spent months planning before invading the neighboring kingdom.
Note
One -ing form, three jobs. After be it builds the progressive (troops were invading). As a gerund it fills a noun's slot (planning before invading). Before a noun it works as an adjective: the invading army. That adjective use reaches beyond war to every meaning of invade, so invading weeds overrun a garden and an invading visitor turns up unwelcome, bringing trouble.
invading is a form of invade
invade, verb: To enter a territory by force, usually in order to conquer it. Full entry
- Spelling
- invade → invading: drop the e, add -ing
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