Usually means: Expresses actions occurring right now.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. present tense: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. present tense: Merriam-Webster
  3. present tense: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. present tense: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. present tense, the present tense: Collins English Dictionary
  6. present tense: Vocabulary.com
  7. present-tense, present tense: Wordnik
  8. present-tense, present tense: Wiktionary
  9. Present tense, present tense: Dictionary.com
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  11. present tense: Rhymezone
  12. present tense: MyWord.info
  13. present tense: FreeDictionary.org
  14. present tense: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. present tense: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (present tense)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.

Similar:
present, absolute tense, primary tense, simple present, historical present, past tense, future tense, present continuous, historic present, preterite tense, more...

Opposite:
past tense, future tense, perfect tense

Phrases:
present perfect tense, present progressive tense, the present tense, shallow in present tense, more...

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Similar:
present, absolute tense, primary tense, simple present, historical present, past tense, future tense, present continuous, historic present, preterite tense, more...

Opposite:
past tense, future tense, perfect tense

Phrases:
present perfect tense, present progressive tense, the present tense, shallow in present tense, more...



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