Usually means: Action completed at unspecified time.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. present perfect: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. present perfect, the present perfect: Merriam-Webster
  3. present perfect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. present perfect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. present perfect: Collins English Dictionary
  6. present perfect: Vocabulary.com
  7. present-perfect: Wordnik
  8. the present perfect (tense): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. present perfect: Wiktionary
  10. present perfect: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. present perfect: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. present perfect: Dictionary.com
  13. Present perfect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. present perfect: Rhymezone
  15. present perfect: FreeDictionary.org
  16. present perfect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. present perfect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Present Perfect: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (present perfect)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.

Similar:
present perfect tense, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, perfect tense, past perfect, past continuous, imperfect tense, preterite, perfect, past imperfect tense, more...

Opposite:
past tense, simple past, past simple

Phrases:
present perfect tense, the present perfect, more...

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Similar:
present perfect tense, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, perfect tense, past perfect, past continuous, imperfect tense, preterite, perfect, past imperfect tense, more...

Opposite:
past tense, simple past, past simple

Phrases:
present perfect tense, the present perfect, more...



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